<div><span style="font-size:16px;">The Product Software Quality Assurance team plays a critical role in ensuring a seamless and reliable robotaxi experience. This involves the integration of complex software systems, operational processes, services, and end-user interactions. Continuously testing and validating this end-to-end ecosystem is a challenging task—one that requires innovative thinking, technical expertise, and a passion for quality.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">We’re looking for an Automation Architect to design, implement, and manage scalable automation solutions that accelerate our software delivery across both cloud and in-vehicle systems. In this role, you'll work closely with QA engineers, developers, and cross-functional teams to build robust automation frameworks that support faster, more reliable releases.</span></div><br><br><h3>In this role, you will: </h3><ul><li>Strategize, design, and develop scalable integration automation frameworks while leveraging and enhancing existing systems to maximize test coverage and efficiency.</li><li>Partner with cross-functional teams—including development, QA, and operations—to build and integrate robust, reusable frameworks and tools that support end-to-end automation across the product lifecycle.</li><li>Drive the shift from manual to automated testing, ensuring safety-critical systems are delivered with exceptional quality, speed, and reliability.</li><li>Collaborate closely with SDETs to continuously improve the performance, scalability, and maintainability of existing automation infrastructure.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications: </h3><ul><li>Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, with a minimum of 8 years of relevant industry experience in software automation. </li><li>Extensive hands-on experience in designing and building end-to-end test automation frameworks for both frontend and backend applications, including seamless integration with CI/CD pipelines.</li><li>Strong programming proficiency in Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar modern languages, with a deep understanding of software testing principles and automation best practices.</li><li>Proven leadership and collaboration skills, with a track record of mentoring engineers, driving cross-functional initiatives, and delivering large-scale projects with a data-driven and results-oriented approach.</li></ul><h3>Bonus Qualifications: </h3><ul><li>Hands-on experience developing test automation frameworks for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems, enabling reliable and scalable validation of embedded or real-time software.</li><li>Proven experience in designing and building simulation tools to support system testing, validation, or scenario modeling across complex software environments.</li><li>Familiarity with AI technologies and tools, with practical experience applying them to testing, automation, or data analysis use cases.</li></ul><br>

<p>Zoox is developing the first fully electric autonomous vehicles to support low-carbon transportation and to decrease congestion and reliance on individual car ownership in urban areas.&nbsp;</p>

Senior/Staff Automation Architect

<div><span>The Product Software Quality Assurance team plays a critical role in ensuring a seamless and reliable robotaxi experience. This involves the integration of complex software systems, operational processes, services, and end-user interactions. Continuously testing and validating this end-to-end ecosystem is a challenging task—one that requires innovative thinking, technical expertise, and a passion for quality.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>We’re looking for an Automation Architect to design, implement, and manage scalable automation solutions that accelerate our software delivery across both cloud and in-vehicle systems. In this role, you'll work closely with QA engineers, developers, and cross-functional teams to build robust automation frameworks that support faster, more reliable releases.</span></div><br><br><h3>In this role, you will: </h3><ul><li>Strategize, design, and develop scalable integration automation frameworks while leveraging and enhancing existing systems to maximize test coverage and efficiency.</li><li>Partner with cross-functional teams—including development, QA, and operations—to build and integrate robust, reusable frameworks and tools that support end-to-end automation across the product lifecycle.</li><li>Drive the shift from manual to automated testing, ensuring safety-critical systems are delivered with exceptional quality, speed, and reliability.</li><li>Collaborate closely with SDETs to continuously improve the performance, scalability, and maintainability of existing automation infrastructure.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications: </h3><ul><li>Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, with a minimum of 8 years of relevant industry experience in software automation. </li><li>Extensive hands-on experience in designing and building end-to-end test automation frameworks for both frontend and backend applications, including seamless integration with CI/CD pipelines.</li><li>Strong programming proficiency in Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar modern languages, with a deep understanding of software testing principles and automation best practices.</li><li>Proven leadership and collaboration skills, with a track record of mentoring engineers, driving cross-functional initiatives, and delivering large-scale projects with a data-driven and results-oriented approach.</li></ul><h3>Bonus Qualifications: </h3><ul><li>Hands-on experience developing test automation frameworks for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems, enabling reliable and scalable validation of embedded or real-time software.</li><li>Proven experience in designing and building simulation tools to support system testing, validation, or scenario modeling across complex software environments.</li><li>Familiarity with AI technologies and tools, with practical experience applying them to testing, automation, or data analysis use cases.</li></ul><br>

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