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Senior Software Systems Engineer, Autonomous Systems Validation Confidence

Sunnyvale, California, United States of America💼 Full-time💰 $153,200–$153,200🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-25

Core

Develop methods, software, and quantitative evidence to measure confidence in autonomous vehicle validation results, bridging software engineering, systems engineering, simulation, and data science.

Role type

Senior Software Systems Engineer (Autonomous Systems Validation)

Builds

Scalable frameworks for validation confidence, tools and data pipelines for test execution/analysis, and quantitative decision criteria for release decisions.

Domain

Autonomous vehicles, robotics, simulation, and cyber-physical systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Python, C++, engineering/quantitative methods for physical systems, translating ambiguous validation questions into measurable metrics, collaborating across disciplines

Preferred skills

Autonomous vehicles/robotics experience, verification and validation, test automation, coverage measures, simulation-to-real-world correlation, probability/statistics, data pipelines/SQL

Technologies

Python, C++, SQL, scientific computing

Responsibilities

Develop frameworks for measuring validation confidence (coverage, sampling, statistical significance); Build tools and data pipelines for test execution and confidence reporting; Evaluate simulation validity and analyze test data to identify regressions; Translate validation claims into requirements and experiments; Improve validation workflow throughput and quality; Partner with simulation, safety, and release teams to communicate conclusions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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