Part Time Student Worker – Manufacturing SW Engineer at Zoox
Hayward
$30/hrfrom the description
Jul 7, 2026
Hayward
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A part-time student worker role supporting the manufacturing testing of Zoox's upcoming vehicle platforms. Day-to-day work involves running test cases on vehicles during assembly, gathering and statistically analyzing the resulting data, writing scripts to automate collection and analysis, and applying root cause analysis to flag failures. The position suits students with solid Python and math/statistics skills who can commit to at least 20 hours per week on-site.
Junior level · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 230 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (operations research analysts). range 170–300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $112,991 (middle half $92,950–$140,830). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This is explicitly a part-time student worker role (not an internship), requiring current enrollment in a B.S. or M.S. program in CS, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field. The degree requirement field is set to None because no completed degree is required — only current enrollment.
The role is on-site only; Zoox mentions multiple office locations (Las Vegas, San Francisco, Austin, Miami). The CBSA is set to San Francisco as Zoox's primary HQ, but the actual work location may vary.
Employment is through a third-party vendor (contract/staffing arrangement), not directly with Zoox.
The posting lists 'strong understanding of Mathematics/Statistics' and 'familiar with engineering analysis' as qualifications alongside Python. Statistical analysis and root cause analysis are captured as required skills reflecting the core responsibilities; 'engineering analysis' is a domain concept rather than a named tool and is omitted per extraction rules.
The SOC classification is a judgment call: the primary day-to-day work is data collection and statistical analysis (15-2031), but scripting/automation in Python is also a meaningful component (15-1252). 15-2031 was chosen as the primary fit given the emphasis on statistical analysis of manufacturing test data.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): root cause analysis.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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