Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Behavior Verification

About the Work

• Develop and implement in Python generalizable metrics to verify the driving behavior of an autonomous vehicle.
• Leverage a combination of machine learning (ML) models and safety metrics from literature to evaluate the end-to-end driving behavior.
• Evaluate these metrics on a variety of tests: synthetic and log simulation, on-road logs, closed-course testing data, and third-party accident reconstructions.
• Collaborate closely with Systems, Behavior, Perception, Data Science, Product, Legal and Public Trust teams to develop acceptance criteria for metrics and tests.
• Partner with simulation infrastructure and test integration teams to set up automated verification workflows.
• Generate detailed performance and validation reports to prove that the behavior of the autonomous system is safe to deploy in our target Operation Design Domain (ODD).

About You

• 5+ years of technical work experience in a relevant area with 3+ years of experience with software development.
• Hands-on software experience, with the ability to code proficiently in Python or C++.
• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or related field.
• Strong understanding of robotic systems architecture - how sensing, localization, perception, prediction, behavior, and control modules interact.
• Familiarity with simulation and real-world testing of autonomous systems.
• Highly collaborative in nature, with strong abilities to think and communicate analytically and effectively.

Bonus Points

• Background in autonomous vehicles ideally with developing software for L4 autonomous.
• Prior experience building computational models for driving behavior or ML based metrics for behavior evaluation.

Compensation

Base pay range: $176,400 - $319,720. Eligible for annual performance bonus, equity, and competitive benefits package.