Senior/Staff Systems Engineer, Platform Systems
Leads requirements, architecture, integration, performance characterization, and validation for autonomous-vehicle platform systems. Requires systems engineering experience, expertise in robotics and HIL or on-road testing, plus C++, Python, and MATLAB proficiency.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead system-level requirements definition, architecture design, integration strategy, and validation for a platform area such as autonomy sensors, autonomous-vehicle compute, motion control, pose/localization, or end-to-end latency.
- Characterize and quantify system performance, defining nominal targets, minimum performance, and acceptance criteria across operational design domains (ODDs).
- Recommend operating constraints for current and future ODDs across vehicle platforms, including trajectory constraints and sensor performance envelopes.
- Define and quantify test coverage across simulation, software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), closed-course, and on-road testing.
- Partner with software teams on interfaces, performance metrics, failure modes, and validation strategies; validate platform modules against ground truth where applicable.
- Collaborate with hardware, electrical engineering, and external vendors on component selection, characterization, and integration.
- Review and recommend changes to supplier requirements and test plans.
- Support verification and validation by reviewing additional tests and implementing test cases in SIL/HIL environments.
- Analyze test data, perform root-cause analysis for complex cross-functional integration issues, and drive issues to resolution.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in autonomy sensors, autonomous-vehicle compute, motion control, pose/localization, or end-to-end latency.
- Deep understanding of robotic systems and verification and validation planning.
- Experience testing in HIL environments or conducting on-road testing.
- Hands-on systems engineering experience.
- Ability to read C++ code and write Python and MATLAB code.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Autonomous vehicle or advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) experience.
- Familiarity with STPA and ISO 21448 safety standards.
Compensation
- Base pay range: $160,360–$291,150.
- Eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and competitive benefits.
Skills
Systems Engineering, Robotics, C++, Python, MATLAB, Hardware-In-The-Loop, Software-In-The-Loop, Autonomous Vehicles, Adas, Stpa, Iso 21448, Verification And Validation
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