Zoox Salary

💰 $191K–$254K salary range

Median: $224K  ·  Based on 216 public Zoox job postings  ·  Updated October 14, 2026

This Zoox salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Zoox

• Senior Staff / Principal Software Engineer - Freeway Autonomy — $340K–$493K · Software
• Principal Software Engineer, Perception Architect — $410K–$492K · Software
• Director, Perception — $410K–$492K · Software
• Senior Staff / Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Autonomy Behaviors — $340K–$492K · Software
• Senior Director of Engineering, Product Software — $354K–$470K · Software
• Principal Systems Engineer, Safety — $349K–$419K · System Design and Mission Assurance
• Senior Manager, Perception — $340K–$408K · Software
• Director, Product Management — $335K–$403K · Product, Features & Homologation
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Perception — $277K–$389K · Software
• Senior Staff Software Engineer - Perception & Sensing — $324K–$389K · Software

Zoox salary by department

• program management office: $254K median · $295K top base — Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Fleet Orchestration (view JD) (5 roles)
• advanced hardware engineering: $252K median · $311K top base — Staff Signal Integrity and Power Integrity Engineer (SI/PI) (view JD) (6 roles)
• information technology and applications: $251K median · $315K top base — Lead Analytics Engineer – Enterprise, Data & AI (view JD) (12 roles)
• software: $243K median · $493K top base — Senior Staff / Principal Software Engineer - Freeway Autonomy (view JD) (93 roles)
• system design and mission assurance: $221K median · $419K top base — Principal Systems Engineer, Safety (view JD) (9 roles)
• vehicle development: $213K median · $295K top base — Staff Technical Program Manager, Powertrain & Thermal (view JD) (28 roles)
• manufacturing operations: $197K median · $267K top base — Manager, Technical Program Management (Advanced Hardware Manufacturing) (view JD) (14 roles)
• supply chain quality and reliability: $192K median · $251K top base — Manager, Procurement & Strategic Partnerships - Chassis (view JD) (9 roles)

Zoox engineering & product salary by seniority

• Mid: $207K median · $366K top base — Manager, Onboard Behavior Encoder (view JD) (60)
• Senior: $228K median · $350K top base — Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Perception 3D Segmentation (view JD) (45)
• Staff: $258K median · $493K top base — Senior Staff / Principal Software Engineer - Freeway Autonomy (view JD) (45)

Zoox engineering & product management salary

• Manager: $280K median · $408K top base — Senior Manager, Perception (view JD) (12)

Remote work at Zoox

0% of Zoox's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Zoox looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (78) · AWS (15) · SQL (12) · CI/CD (9) · PyTorch (8) · Kubernetes (7) · Product Roadmap (7) · Sourcing (6) · Looker (6) · Terraform (6).

Benefits & perks at Zoox

Commonly listed: medical (17) · life-ins (17) · pto (17).

About Zoox

Zoox is Series B stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2014 · HQ Foster City, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Zoox

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 124 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD and Associate's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 69% of these postings reference equity (options, rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Zoox total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 7% of roles list a bonus; common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Zoox hiring activity

Zoox has 216 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 216 public job postings with disclosed pay. 48 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (110 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 2 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Zoox pay?
The median pay is $224K, with a typical range of $191K–$254K, based on 216 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Zoox?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Staff / Principal Software Engineer - Freeway Autonomy, at $340K–$493K base.

Which team pays the most at Zoox?
The program management office team, at a $254K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 216 public Zoox job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed October 14, 2026.

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