Senior Radar Engineer
Company websitezoox.com (Zoox, opens in new tab)
Base salary $199,999 to $271,000
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Foster City, CA
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- LocationFoster City, CA
- WorkplaceOn-site
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (33 min ago) · observed since
About this job
Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team. Zoox is looking for a Radar Engineer with a background in automotive radar systems to join our Advanced Hardware Engineering team.
In this role, you will:
- Focus on translating stakeholder needs into measurable requirements and test plans for radar. This includes:
- Defining and documenting the radar requirements
- Defining and conducting radar testing to drive radar selection and future roadmaps
Qualifications
- M.S. or PhD in EE, Physics, or Signal Processing
- 5+ years of experience in radar development and testing
- MATLAB, Python, Git/GitHub, AI Tools
- Understanding of the working principles of a typical automotive Radar system (such as FMCW)
- Experience with hands-on radar troubleshooting for problems that intersect hardware and software
- Experience integrating radar systems and ideas into ML-based Autonomy Software
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience in numerical, electromagnetic or system simulation of Radar performance and integration
- Experience with system engineering workflows and requirement development
Source: Zoox on Lever · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($199,999) is above 86% of the 2,087 Engineering (non-software) roles in California listed on this site. Their median floor is $146,200; the middle half runs from $124,886 to $173,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 7, 2026.
This listingSenior Radar Engineer$199,999 to $271,000
Software Engineer - Behavior Capabilities$199K to $270K
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, HPC$201K to $315K
Senior Software Engineer - Mapping Web$201K to $275K
Senior Software Systems Engineer - Security$201K to $276K
Director, Corporate Security$198K to $282K
Senior Network Security Engineer$198K to $238K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior Radar Engineer (this listing) | $199,999 - $271,000 |
| Software Engineer - Behavior Capabilities | $199K - $270K |
| Senior/Staff Software Engineer, HPC | $201K - $315K |
| Senior Software Engineer - Mapping Web | $201K - $275K |
| Senior Software Systems Engineer - Security | $201K - $276K |
| Director, Corporate Security | $198K - $282K |
| Senior Network Security Engineer | $198K - $238K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-22
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Foster City, CA
USD 199,999 – 271,000 · per-year-salary · salaryRange
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