Signal Processing Intern at Zoox in Foster City, CA

Summary: Zoox is transforming mobility with fully autonomous, electric vehicles designed for a driverless future. As a Signal Processing Intern, you will work alongside engineers to develop cutting-edge hardware and signal processing systems that enable autonomous mobility. Responsibilities: - Design and implementation of signal processing and machine learning algorithms related to radars, depth cameras, lidars and audio subsystems Required Qualifications: - Currently pursuing a B.S., M.S., or other advanced degree in a relevant engineering field - Plan to return to school after completing the internship - Maintain good academic standing - Available to commit to either a 12-week internship (beginning in May or June 2026), or a 6-month co-op - At least one prior industry internship, co-op, or relevant project experience - Willing and able to relocate to the Bay Area, California, for the duration of the internship - Interns may not use proprietary Zoox information in university theses, publications, or share it outside of Zoox - Proficiency in C, C++, Python and/or Matlab - Course work in Digital Signal Processing, Circuits and systems, Stochastic filtering, Probability and Statistics, Random Signals and Noise - Hands-on experience related to algorithm design in one or more areas related to radar and lidar processing - Ability to bring your best can-do attitude daily while solving hard problems with constraints Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with Radar Signal Processing and understanding of the radar pipeline (ADC data, FFT, Range-Doppler maps, CFAR, angle-of-arrival estimation) - Experience with processing 4D radar data or raw sensor data - HW and SW experience or research related to radar processing and/or radar perception - Experience with machine learning techniques such as deep neural nets (DNN, CNN, LSTM-RNN, LLMs, VLMs, Transformers) and traditional statistical modeling/feature extraction techniques (GMM, HMM, NMF / spectrograms etc.) Required Skills: C, C++, Python, Matlab Important Skills: Digital Signal Processing, Algorithm Design, Radar Signal Processing, Machine Learning Nice-to-Have Skills: Can-do attitude Benefits: Medical insurance, A housing stipend, Relocation assistance will be offered based on eligibility