Contract Student Worker - Forward Deployed Automation Engineer (40 hrs/wk) $88k - $114k in Seattle at Zoox
Zoox

Contract Student Worker - Forward Deployed Automation Engineer (40 hrs/wk)

Zoox Seattle, WA
Full-time $88k - $114k Posted 8 days ago

Role overview

This role focuses on operational efficiency, building tools and dashboards, and conducting data verification and validation (V&V) for the Fleet- Operations team. The person will also work closely with the team to help drive operational efficiency across L3 programs.

Responsibilities

  • check_circle Application & Tool Development
  • check_circle Design and deploy internal mobile-first web applications to assist field operators with vehicle dispatch, routing, and end-of-shift reporting.
  • check_circle Build responsive user interfaces for real-time fleet monitoring, ensuring sub-second latency for tracking vehicle states and locations.

Basic qualifications

  • Develop specialized diagnostic tools that translate complex vehicle telemetry and hardware sensor data into readable formats for non-technical operations staff.
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  • Workflow Automation
  • Architect automated ticketing systems to streamline maintenance requests, incident reporting, and vehicle recovery dispatches.

Preferred qualifications

  • Integrate AI-driven workflows to parse operational logs, identify recurring hardware or software faults, and automatically flag high-priority issues to engineering teams.
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  • Develop automated compliance trackers that cross-reference fleet operational zones with local municipal regulations to prevent routing violations.
  • Data Analytics & Dashboarding

Benefits

  • check_circle Compensation for this role is $30/hour.
  • check_circle This is a contract position; employment will be through a vendor contracted with Zoox. The hourly rate is as posted, and benefits eligibility is determined by the vendor.

About the company

Zoox is an autonomous ridehailing company building the world's first purpose-built robotaxi — fully electric, bidirectional, with no steering wheel or driver's seat. Backed by Amazon and founded to make transportation safer, cleaner, and more accessible, Zoox designs its vehicles entirely around the rider. We're currently operating in Las Vegas and San Francisco, with Austin and Miami on the horizon, and testing underway across seven U.S. markets.

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