# Software Engineer Intern, Autonomy Software [Summer 2027]

About Our Internship Program Zoox's internship program offers hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology, mentorship from some of the industry's brightest minds, and the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to real projects. We seek interns who demonstrate strong academic performance, engagement beyond the classroom, intellectual curiosity, and a genuine interest in Zoox's mission. Job Description Autonomy Software builds the software that lets the Zoox robotaxi perceive its surroundings, predict what others will do, and plan and control the vehicle with no one behind the wheel. Interns join one of the teams below, work with a mentor on an open research or engineering question, and see a direct path from their work to the system that runs on Zoox vehicles and in simulation. Interns in this pipeline may be considered for opportunities across a range of teams, including: Autonomy Behaviors: Owns the decision-making, planning & control modules, which decide how the vehicle drives. Projects include machine-learned planning, long-horizon reasoning, configurable driving styles, freeway driving and new vehicle platform bring-up. Perception: Gives the vehicle an understandin

- **Id**: 3849387
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/zoox-software-engineer-intern-autonomy-software-summer-2027>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: intern
- **Employment type**: internship
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Foster City, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-30T22:36:55Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-30
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T09:11:44Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 8
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3645
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Autonomous Driving, Smart Mobility, Automotive Manufacturing, Ride Hailing

## Company

- **Id**: 3626
- **Name**: Zoox
- **Domain**: zoox.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/zoox>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 72
- **Open postings**: 40
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.925
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 85
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Computer Vision** — Optional: no
- **JAX** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Mission Planner** — Optional: no
- **Motion Planning** — Optional: no
- **Multimodal AI** — Optional: no
- **NumPy** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **TensorFlow** — Optional: no
- **TensorFlow C++** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 8

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T02:13:55Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 373 · green card filings: 120; Filings 12m: 373

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 8
- **Expected fill days**: 85
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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