Internship
Autonomy Safety Data Engineer
Zoox
1,001-5,000 employees
Fully electric autonomous ride-hailing service platform
Compensation Overview
$30/hr
Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship
Foster City, CA, USA
In Person
Must work on-site at an office location.
Bachelor's, Master's
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- Currently pursuing or enrolled in a B.S. or M.S. program in a relevant quantitative field such as Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Physics, or a similar discipline.
- Strong programming skills in Python.
- Solid understanding of data manipulation, such as SQL, PySpark, or Scala.
- A solid foundation in statistics, machine learning, and risk or reliability modeling.
- Ability to work through ambiguous, open-ended problems with a researcher's mindset and a bias toward rapid iteration.
- Ability to communicate complex results, trade-offs, and uncertainty clearly to the team and stakeholders.
- Comfort operating independently under high uncertainty on open-ended problems.
- Genuine interest in autonomous vehicles and Zoox's mission.
- Availability to commit to a minimum three-month assignment.
- Ability to commit a minimum of 20 hours per week.
- Ability to work on-site at one of the office locations.
- Must adhere to Zoox confidentiality requirements, including refraining from using or sharing proprietary company information outside Zoox, such as in academic research, theses, publications, or presentations.
- Support designing, building, and iterating on a data-driven safety risk model that quantifies driving performance and surfaces safety-relevant signals across the autonomy stack.
- Assist in developing and maintaining dataset management pipelines for curation, labeling, versioning, and quality checks that feed the risk model and downstream analyses.
- Support defining and running empirical experiments that demonstrate findings with data rather than relying on assumptions.
- Assist in analyzing large-scale driving and simulation datasets to identify trends, edge cases, and opportunities to improve autonomy performance.
- Experience with safety, reliability, or risk modeling, such as survival analysis, Bayesian methods, or causal inference.
- Experience with large-scale dataset management, data pipelines, or machine-learning operations tooling.
- Background in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or a related quantitative discipline.
- Prior research experience taking ambiguous, end-to-end problems independently from initial definition to a result.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to convey complexity and ambiguity clearly.
Zoox designs and operates an autonomous ride-hailing service built around a purpose-built, fully electric vehicle designed specifically for autonomous operation. The vehicle uses advanced sensors, cameras, and AI to navigate complex urban environments, offering a four-passenger interior for comfort. Unlike competitors that retrofit existing cars, Zoox engineers both the vehicle and the service from the ground up, enabling optimized safety, efficiency, and passenger experience through integrated software that optimizes routing and reduces wait times. The company emphasizes safety through extensive testing and regulatory collaboration, and sustainability via electric mobility. The ultimate goal is to provide a smarter, safer, and more efficient urban transportation system that improves city life while reducing emissions.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$1.2B
Headquarters
Menlo Park, California
Founded
2014
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Paid Las Vegas rides began August 10, 2026, proving commercial willingness to pay.
- Reuters reported September 1, 2026 testing expansions in Houston and San Diego.
- Zoox now operates in 12 U.S. locations, expanding data collection and market coverage.
What critics are saying
- NHTSA recall 26E044 on July 17, 2026 exposed smoke-detection failures across 105 vehicles.
- Zoox still depends on a temporary two-year exemption, vulnerable to regulatory reversal.
- Waymo, Tesla, and Uber won Nevada permits on August 20, 2026, crushing exclusivity.
What makes Zoox unique
- Zoox’s custom robotaxi has no steering wheel or pedals, unlike retrofitted rivals.
- On September 3, 2026, Zoox became the first driverless service at Harry Reid Airport.
- Amazon backs Zoox’s vertically integrated fleet, software, and ride-hailing stack.
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Health Insurance
Maternity & Paternity Leave
Vacation & Paid Time Off
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Free Lunch or Snacks
Employee Assitance Program
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↓ -2%Amazon's Zoox and Alphabet's Waymo are expanding their robotaxi operations to more US cities. Zoox will begin mapping and testing in Houston and San Diego, bringing its presence to 12 locations. The company launched paid rides in Las Vegas in August after previously offering free testing rides. Waymo is introducing public rides in Denver, San Diego and Tampa, expanding its service to 14 cities. Both companies are targeting San Diego, though Zoox remains in testing whilst Waymo begins commercial operations. Waymo also plans to test autonomous vehicles in Munich before a proposed commercial launch in Germany by late 2027. Neither company disclosed potential revenue from the new markets. The expansion allows both firms to test technology under varied conditions and reach more customers.
Zoox launches first airport robotaxi service in major milestone. Published September 6, 2026 9:57 AM EDT The brief. * * Zoox is launching its first airport transportation service, offering driverless rides between Harry Reid International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip. * The four-passenger robotaxis feature carriage-style seating, luggage space and lights and audio signals to help riders locate them. * The service follows a temporary federal exemption for Zoox vehicles, which do not have traditional controls such as steering wheels and pedals. Zoox announced Thursday that its driverless robotaxis will begin carrying passengers to and from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, launching the company's first airport transportation service. What they're saying: The Amazon-owned company told FOX Business that passengers can book rides between Harry Reid International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip starting Thursday. "Bringing autonomous transportation to one of the country's busiest airports requires true partnership, and we are grateful to the Clark County Department of Aviation and the state of Nevada for their continued support as we help shape the future of mobility," said Ron Thaniel, Zoox's senior director of policy and regulatory affairs. Waymo temporarily halted its service in San Francisco on Saturday, December 20, after a widespread power outage hit the city and caused the self-driving taxis to stall. Video @brahmsstan via Storyful Dig deeper: Zoox will collect and drop off passengers at designated curbside locations. The pickup and drop-off areas will differ between the airport's two passenger terminals. The robotaxis use lights and audio signals to help passengers find them in crowded pickup zones. Riders can also connect their devices through Bluetooth to play their own music during the trip. Each vehicle can accommodate four passengers and has carriage-style seating, with two rows positioned across from each other. Zoox said a fully occupied vehicle can hold approximately one piece of luggage per passenger. The backstory: On July 31, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted Zoox a temporary exemption from certain federal motor vehicle safety standards. The decision removed a key regulatory obstacle that had prevented the company from charging passengers for rides. The exemption was required because Zoox vehicles do not have conventional driving controls, such as a steering wheel or pedals, that federal safety rules typically require. After receiving approval from the federal government, Zoox began offering paid robotaxi rides in Las Vegas on Aug. 10. The company also operates in San Francisco, where its service is still being tested. Available destinations listed in the app include the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Sphere, T-Mobile Arena and several major resorts along the Strip. Zoox's website says the company plans to expand paid rides to 10 additional cities, including Seattle, Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Diego and Los Angeles. The Source: FOX Business contributed to this report. The information in this story came from Zoox, which provided details about its new airport robotaxi service to FOX Business and published additional information on its website. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
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Amazon s Zoox expands its robotaxi service to Las Vegas airport. Zoox is expanding to this critical ride-hailing destination a few weeks after it started charging for robotaxi rides. Zoox isn't wasting any time now that it's allowed to operate and charge for rides in its custom-built robotaxi. The company has extended its commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas to include rides to and from Harry Reid International Airport. Customers will be able to hail rides to the airport beginning Thursday, according to Zoox. The expansion, which unlocks a critical ride-hailing destination, builds on a series of recent wins for the Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle technology company. Silicon Valley-based Zoox spent more than a decade developing its self-driving system and custom robotaxi that lacks traditional controls like a steering wheel and pedals. While it has made progress, even providing rides to customers in Las Vegas for a year, it wasn't able to operate as a true commercial robotaxi service. That changed in August after federal safety regulators gave Zoox a temporary exemption from certain motor vehicle safety standards. The commercial exemption, which lasts two years and allows Zoox to deploy up to 2,500 vehicles, spans eight federal motor vehicle standards, including windshield defrosting and light vehicle braking systems. The exemption has kicked Zoox's business expansion into drive. The company started charging for rides on August 10, said it would begin testing its self-driving vehicles in San Diego and Houston, and released its safety framework - all actions that point to a company ramping up operations. The company's expansion to the Las Vegas airport appears to give it a bit of an edge over traditional ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft, at least when it comes to grabbing a ride from the airport into the city. According to Zoox, its robotaxi will pick up and drop off riders at both airport terminals near baggage claim. While Uber and Lyft can drop passengers off at the curb at the terminal, the pick up location is about a five- to ten-minute walk from baggage claim on the upper floor of a nearby parking garage. Zoox is the only robotaxi company operating a service to the Las Vegas airport, but more competition is coming. The city has served as a testing ground for several autonomous vehicle companies over the years, and is now expected to be teeming with commercial robotaxi operators in the next year. Tesla, Uber and Waymo all received permits last month from the Nevada Transportation Authority to operate commercial robotaxi services in Clark County, home to Las Vegas. Uber plans to operate robotaxis through partnerships with Hyundai subsidiary Motional, and Zoox. Together, these permits would allow the deployment of up to 8,000 robotaxis across the county over the next 12 months.
Amazon's Zoox, Alphabet's Waymo expand robotaxi services to more US cities. 02 Sep 2026 03:37AM Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. Sept 1: Amazon's Zoox and Alphabet's Waymo on Tuesday separately announced expansions of their driverless ride-hailing operations into new U.S. cities, weeks after Zoox started paid services. Zoox said it would begin testing in Houston and San Diego, bringing its presence to 12 U.S. locations. It will initially use retrofitted test vehicles for manual mapping and testing before deploying its purpose-built driverless robotaxis. Its commercial launch has intensified competition with Waymo and Tesla as companies race to scale autonomous ride-hailing in the U.S. Waymo, meanwhile, said it would begin welcoming its first public riders in Denver, San Diego and Tampa, bringing its fully autonomous ride service to 14 cities. The company said it would gradually expand access to riders in the three cities. Zoox has been carrying passengers for free in Las Vegas, San Francisco, Austin and Miami as part of its testing program, before it started offering paid rides in Las Vegas in August. Waymo already operates paid driverless services in multiple U.S. cities and is also expanding overseas. The company said last month it would begin testing in Munich ahead of a planned commercial launch in Germany toward the end of 2027.