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ZooxContract Student Worker – AI Validation and Benchmarking Engineer (40hrs / week Full-Time)
Zoox is seeking a contract student worker to serve as an AI Validation and Benchmarking Engineer on a full-time, 40-hour-per-week schedule. Operating at the intersection of…
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Zoox is seeking a contract student worker to serve as an AI Validation and Benchmarking Engineer on a full-time, 40-hour-per-week schedule. Operating at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox is creating a purpose-built, fully electric and bidirectional robotaxi with no steering wheel or driver's seat. The organization currently runs operations in San Francisco and Las Vegas, prepares for launches in Miami and Austin, and conducts testing across…
Job Description
Zoox is seeking a contract student worker to serve as an AI Validation and Benchmarking Engineer on a full-time, 40-hour-per-week schedule. Operating at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox is creating a purpose-built, fully electric and bidirectional robotaxi with no steering wheel or driver's seat. The organization currently runs operations in San Francisco and Las Vegas, prepares for launches in Miami and Austin, and conducts testing across seven United States markets.
This position requires supporting the end-to-end validation pipeline for artificial intelligence tools by running benchmarks, managing test datasets, and measuring agent accuracy across classification labels, routing decisions, and structured output fields. Candidates will investigate system failure modes, build evaluation infrastructure, write automation scripts, and document findings for the team. This opportunity is structured as an ongoing student worker assignment rather than a traditional cohort internship and does not feature a direct pathway to full-time employment.
The role requires working on-site at one of the corporate office locations and adhering to strict confidentiality policies regarding proprietary information. Employment is handled through a contracted vendor rather than directly with the company. Individuals will gain hands-on professional experience while contributing to autonomous transportation technology.
Responsibilities
- Run and maintain the benchmark pipeline to spot routing errors and regressions across different agent variants
- Build and expand ground truth datasets to evaluate agent outputs against known-correct answers
- Address gaps in benchmark validation and help build a comprehensive evaluation infrastructure
- Develop new evaluation dimensions including structured output correctness and label accuracy
- Investigate failure modes in agent outputs and collaborate with engineers to implement improvements
- Write scripts and tooling to automate metric reporting, result parsing, and data collection
- Document findings, track benchmark trends over time, and present results to team members
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a B.S. or M.S. degree program in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Available to commit to a minimum of 40 hours per week for a three-month assignment
- Able to work on-site at a designated office location
- Familiarity with Python
- Familiarity with Cursor or Claude
- Understanding of evaluation concepts such as precision, recall, F1 score, and confusion matrices
- Comfort working with structured data formats including JSON and CSV
- Experience writing or modifying reproducible analysis scripts
- Compliance with company confidentiality requirements regarding proprietary information
Qualifications
- Prior exposure to AI agent evaluation, prompt engineering, or LLM-based systems
- Experience using messaging apps or ticketing systems like Slack and Jira
Core Skills
Benefits
- Hourly compensation of $30 per hour
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What is the salary and employment type for this position?
This is a full-time contract position operating at 40 hours per week through a third-party vendor. The compensation rate is $30 per hour.
Is this position remote or on-site?
This role requires working on-site at one of the office locations.
Does this role lead to a full-time job or include internship programming?
The posting specifies that this is not an internship and does not offer a pathway to full-time employment or structured intern programming.
What educational background is required?
Applicants must be currently enrolled in a Master of Science or Bachelor of Science program in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
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