Creative Technologist

Foster City, CA

Creative Technologists at Zoox invent and prototype new interactions through tangible experiences that are foundational to design iteration, user research, and refining Zoox’s autonomous user interactions. As part of the Experience team, Creative Technologists work closely with visual, sonic, and interaction designers to create lo-fidelity and high-fidelity idea explorations and solutions. Bridging the gap between design vision and production reality, creative technologists also collaborate with Zoox’s software, firmware, and hardware teams to translate these prototypes into Zoox’s fully autonomous fleet.

Responsibilities

Invent and prototype new physical and digital interactions for autonomous vehicles
Design and create both lo-fidelity and hi-fidelity experiences for design iteration and user research
Explore, recommend, validate and push custom hardware and software ideas to their limits, while keeping cohesive design and actionable changes in sight
Shape the Zoox experience by blending visual, sonic and interaction design intentions into a collective experience
Work dynamically across programming languages, organizational structures and test rigs to translate design intention into software/hardware reality

Qualifications

2+ years of experience programming in Python and C++
Strong background in design principles and processes
Experience working closely with technical and design focused teams
Experience working with custom hardware and/or sensor inputs in dynamic environments/installations

Bonus Qualifications

Past creative applications of OpenCV, openFrameworks or other video processing frameworks
Familiarity with audio processing and other real-time sensor data manipulation
Familiarity with javascript frameworks like React, Vue, three.js, D3.js
Experience with APIs/Automation for design tools (Figma, Adobe Premiere, Reaper DAW)
Experience with product Inclusivity and Accessibility
Experience researching and/or designing for a wide range of users and abilities