CareerPlan

Sr. Evaluation, Validation & Simulation Engineer

Sunnyvale, United StatesFull-time$210k–$300k2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10

Core

Define and build scalable evaluation, validation, and simulation systems to measure, validate, and improve L4 autonomous driving performance across trucks, buses, and robotaxis.

Role type

Founding senior IC evaluation, validation & simulation engineer (autonomy)

Builds

Evaluation and validation infrastructure, simulation-driven workflows, and performance analysis tools for autonomy

Domain

Autonomous driving, robotics, simulation, ML infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

System design, software engineering, simulation platform experience, data mining and analytics, statistical modeling, ML evaluation and benchmarking

Preferred skills

Autonomous driving experience, safety-critical systems experience, technical project leadership

Technologies

Simulation platforms, ML frameworks, data analytics tools

Responsibilities

Define and evolve autonomy KPIs and performance metrics; Lead development of evaluation and validation infrastructure; Design scalable testing and performance analysis methodologies; Build simulation-driven validation workflows; Develop tools for failure analysis and scenario mining; Drive data-informed prioritization of autonomy improvements

Seniority

Senior, founding team