Engineering Manager, Software Core Connectivity

The role

You will lead the Software Core Connectivity team, which owns in-vehicle messaging, the vehicle's internal network, and vehicle-to-cloud connectivity. You will own the roadmap and release commitments, grow a team of software engineers, and work with partner teams across the company.

What you will do

• Own the roadmap, staffing, and release commitments for messaging, in-vehicle network, and cloud connectivity work
• Lead and grow a team of software engineers, including performance and promotion cycles and hiring
• Represent the team in cross-functional programs with firmware, product security, simulation, fleet operations, and infrastructure
• Set the technical bar, make architecture decisions stick, and ensure shared abstractions are useful to other teams
• Balance interrupt-driven reliability work against long-term architecture and be explicit with partners about tradeoffs

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent experience
• 9+ years of software development experience, with 4+ years in a leadership role managing software engineers
• Strong grounding in at least one of: networked distributed systems, pub/sub and RPC middleware, vehicle or embedded networking, or transport protocols
• Strong C++ programming experience with large code bases and technical dependencies
• Track record of driving work that spans organizational boundaries without controlling the people doing the work

Nice to have

• Robotics, automotive, aerospace, or another safety-relevant domain
• Hands-on experience with DDS, PTP and time synchronization, QUIC or multipath transport, or Ethernet switch configuration and diagnostics at fleet scale
• Experience building platform abstractions with internal customers, including migration and adoption

About the company

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem to bring it to market. It aims to provide next-generation mobility-as-a-service in urban environments.