Senior Radar Engineer

Zoox is hiring a Senior Radar Engineer in Foster City, United States. It pays $200k-$271k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Zoox.

Level's read on this job

Works on AI ●●●○ is how Level rates this role: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
The posting mentions radar systems, hardware engineering and autonomous vehicles among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
Zoox has 235 other open roles on Level.
Posted within the past week.

AI in this role

Design and develop automotive radar systems for fully autonomous vehicle fleets at the intersection of AI and robotics.

radar-systemshardware-engineeringautonomous-vehicles

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.

How we rate this

Senior Radar Engineer at Zoox rates 70 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Senior Radar Engineer is an open job at Zoox.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The listed salary is $200k-$271k a year.
The role is based in Foster City, CA.
The job was posted on October 22, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Zoox. Apply on Zoox

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Radar SystemsHardware EngineeringAutonomous Vehicles

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where radar systems was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where hardware engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where autonomous vehicles was part of your work. What did you do?
Describe a typical day in a role like this one: which parts run through AI directly?
If you removed AI from this role, what would be left, and how do you decide what still needs a human?

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