Job Description
A Senior Software Engineer specializing in collision avoidance testing for autonomous vehicles, responsible for designing and evaluating test scenarios, analyzing performance, and supporting safety claims to improve vehicle safety and reliability.
Key Responsibilities
- Evaluate autonomous vehicle performance in collision avoidance scenarios through testing and simulation.
- Identify gaps in testing coverage and design realistic test scenarios to address them.
- Analyze test results, recommend product improvements, and report on residual risks.
- Develop and support models to quantify collision risk in various scenarios.
- Author risk and safety reports, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, or Doctoral Degree in Computer Science, Math, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or related field.
- Strong algorithmic problem solving skills and coding experience preferably in Python or C to implement scalable solutions.
- Experience with both simulation and physical testing of autonomous vehicles using well-defined metrics to score good behavior.
- Experience developing collision-type metrics, evaluation tooling, or CICD test pipelines to quantify robot performance in test environments.
- Highly collaborative in nature with strong abilities to think and communicate analytically and effectively, both verbal and written.
- Self-starter and fast learner with a passion for picking up new skills and approaching unstructured problems from first principles while prioritizing and managing workload to meet critical project deadlines.
- At least 5 years of technical work experience in a relevant area, of which 3 years should be in robotics software.
- Working knowledge of and ability to apply systems engineering concepts of requirements, verification, and validation.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range between $176,400 and $264,600 depending on experience and qualifications
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Competitive benefits package
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