Part Time Student Worker – Optimization & Agentic Systems

Overview

Zoox is transforming mobility with fully autonomous, electric vehicles designed from the ground up for a driverless future. Our mission is to make transportation safer, more sustainable, and accessible to everyone.

Zoox is seeking a highly detail-oriented student contractor to join our Platform Architecture team. The primary focus of this role is to design and execute rigorous performance optimization experiments for software processes running on high-performance CPU/GPU platforms (NVIDIA).

• Ensure that experiments are reproducible, profiling data is meticulously captured, and edge cases are thoroughly investigated
• Thrive on precision
• Work at the intersection of traditional hardware-aware optimization and cutting-edge agentic systems, using tools like Claude to develop LLM-based agents that can assist in the optimization lifecycle

• Strong Mathematical Foundation:
  Demonstrated proficiency in Linear Algebra, Control Theory, or Stochastic Optimization to model autonomy and performance bottlenecks
• Proficient in C++ or Python development
• Hardware-Aware Optimization: A deep academic or project-based understanding of computer architecture (NVIDIA platforms) to optimize for memory bandwidth and high-throughput TFLOPS
• Agentic Systems & Analysis:
  Experience experimenting with LLM-based agents and a disciplined approach to systems profiling and software engineering
• Operational Style:
  You must be exceptionally detail-oriented and careful in your execution, prioritizing accuracy and deep-dive analysis over speed

• Currently pursuing a B.S. or M.S. in a relevant engineering field
• Available for a 6 month project
• Able to commit to at least 20 hours per week
• Ability to commute on-site to one of our offices
• Student Worker may not use proprietary Zoox information in university theses, publications, or share it outside

$30 per hour

This is a contract position and employment for this position will be through a vendor contracted with Zoox. The hourly pay range is posted and you will be eligible for a benefits package as offered by the vendor.

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.