Automation Engineer - Compute Performance

$147,000 - $232,000/Yr

Zoox - San Mateo, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Mateo, CA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

As an Automation Engineer within the Software Core Performance team at Zoox, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the performance of self-driving hardware and software solutions. Your primary focus will be on automating performance monitoring and analysis tools, ensuring that developers can efficiently understand the runtime implications of their code changes. This position requires a blend of software development expertise and a deep understanding of performance metrics across the robot fleet.

Responsibilities

• Automate common workflows and processes for performance data storage and analysis.
• Build automated instrumentation for performance tooling (CPU, GPU, latency, memory) and frameworks to support offline evaluation of vehicle performance data.
• Develop tools and scripts to evaluate and analyze performance at scale in CI.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure performance tooling is integrated with Zoox's continuous integration and release management processes.
• Enable developers to kick off automated tests at the component, sub-system, or full-system levels with a push of a button.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in software development or related fields.
• BS in computer science or related fields.
• Expertise in designing and developing automation pipelines in Python on a Linux-based environment.
• Proven track record of building continuous integration CI/CD pipelines using Github/Gitlab CI, Jenkins, etc.
• Solid knowledge of Python, proficiency in C+, and experience in large code bases.
• Experienced in using Git for version control and Jira for effective project and task management.
• Have used job-scheduling systems for test & data workflow automation.
• Knowledgeable in building, testing, and deploying software automation pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving and innovation skills within the software development life cycle.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency with Git and Bazel.
• Experience using various Linux performance monitor tools, such as perf, eBPF, and Perfetto.
• Working knowledge of software & hardware benchmarking and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) systems.
• Savvy with SQL queries and data platforms such as DataBricks, Looker, and ETL pipelines.
• Prior work with ElasticSearch and Grafana.

Benefits

• Paid time off (sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
• Unpaid time off
• Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
• Amazon RSUs
• Health insurance
• Long-term care insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance