Principal Engineer Team Lead, AV Behavior
Core
Lead the AV Behavior Understanding and Evaluation team to define safe, comfortable, and assertive autonomous driving standards, decomposing Operational Design Domain (ODD) requirements into actionable competencies and measurable acceptance criteria.
Role type
Principal Engineer Team Lead, AV Behavior
Builds
Actionable driving policies, performance assessment frameworks, and launch criteria for the IONIQ 5 robotaxi.
Domain
Autonomous driving / Robotics / Systems Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Systems Engineering, Autonomous Systems, Robotics, ODD decomposition, Data-driven evaluation, Large-scale simulation, Statistical methodology, Python, SQL, Data visualization
Preferred skills
SOTIF, ISO 26262, UL4600, Reinforcement Learning (RL), Product roadmap shaping, Human benchmarking, Agile environments
Technologies
Python, SQL, Simulation environments
Responsibilities
Design system behavior by decomposing ODD requirements; Develop actionable policies and measurable targets from legal/industry narratives; Drive evaluation strategy via metrics, reward functions, and testing campaigns; Lead and scale a high-performing engineering team; Cross-functional collaboration with Autonomy, Infrastructure, and Operations teams.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with team leadership
