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Eric C.

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Director, Data Science and Engineering at Zoox
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Eric leads Data Science and Engineering at Zoox, where he sets the teams strategic vision. He specializes in solving ambiguous problems using AI/ML, statistics, and convex optimization, with a background in autonomous vehicles and cybersecurity. He earned his PhD from Stanford University, and his academic work has been cited over 20,000 times.

During his undergraduate studies at Stanford, Eric was a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa honor societies. He was also involved with the Reformed University Fellowship, indicating an early interest in campus community and fellowship activities.

Unique fact: His PhD thesis focused on tools and methods for large-scale convex optimization, a highly specialized and impactful area of study.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Director, Data Science and Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Priorities

Topics Eric cares about

Autonomous Vehicles
His career at Zoox, from motion planning to leading the data science department, is centered on advancing autonomous vehicle technology.
Distributed Optimization
This was the core topic of his PhD thesis at Stanford and a key publication, focusing on the alternating direction method of multipliers.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Director, Data Science and Engineering
Zoox
11-2021 - 10-2025
Senior Manager, Data Science and Engineering
Zoox
11-2020 - 11-2021
Manager, Data Science
Zoox
8-2020 - 11-2021
Manager, Planner Metrics
Zoox
1-2019 - 8-2020
Senior Software Engineer
Zoox
In the press

Media appearances

An Interview with Eric Chu, Director, Data Science at Zoox. Featured in Zoox
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How Zoox Builds Autonomous Vehicles from the Wheels Up. Featured in Scale Blog
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Education
PhD
Stanford University
BS
Stanford University
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