Senior Software Engineer, Collision Avoidance Testing
Senior SWE focused on collision avoidance testing for autonomous vehicles. Designs simulation scenarios, develops validation strategies, quantifies risk, and supports safety cases. Requires 5+ years experience with 3+ in robotics software.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Identify and design realistic scenarios to drive test coverage of collision avoidance and collision detection scenarios using replay simulations of logs and synthetic simulation of third-party accident reconstructions.
- Develop validation strategies to test Automated Emergency Braking functions using simulation and structured testing.
- Identify gaps in simulation and public roads testing and design structured test scenarios to address these gaps, leveraging appropriate standards from NHTSA or NCAP.
- Support the building of and using models to quantify risk in scenarios with non-zero probability of collision.
- Author test and residual risk reports, and make strategic recommendations based on the results for improving simulation or test realism and autonomy architecture.
- Support the safety case by identifying, documenting, and communicating collision avoidance and simulation or test realism claims.
- Communicate effectively across onboard and offboard SWE, Test Operations, and Leadership to present risks and requirements effectively.
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 (preferably Python or C++) experience to implement scalable solutions.
- Experience with designing simulation-based evaluation suites and scenarios for testing autonomous vehicles using well-defined metrics to score good behavior.
- Experience developing collision-type metrics, data analytics, 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 - passionate about picking up new skills and approaching unstructured problems from first principles while prioritizing and managing workload to meet critical project deadlines.
- 5+ years of technical work experience in a relevant area, of which 3+ years should be in robotics SW.
- Working knowledge of and ability to apply systems engineering concepts of requirements, verification and validation.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with developing collision metrics for self-driving vehicles.
- Experience with structured or physical testing of robots or vehicles.
- Experience writing safety claims and system requirements for SAE L3/L4 systems to operate safely.
- Hands-on experience with STPA and ISO 21448.
Compensation & Benefits
- Base pay range: $160,360 - $291,150
- Annual performance bonus
- Equity
- Competitive benefits package
Skills
Python, C++, Simulation, Autonomous Vehicles, Collision Avoidance, Data Analytics, Evaluation Tooling, CI/CD, Systems Engineering, Robotics
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