CareerPlan

Staff Systems Engineer, Simulation Systems Verification and Validation Lead

Foster City, CAFull-time2026-10-30 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead the end-to-end simulation Verification and Validation (V&V) strategy to construct a safety case for fully autonomous driving on public roads by validating simulation against real-world data.

Role type

Staff Systems Engineer, Simulation Systems Verification and Validation Lead

Builds

Safety case evidence for autonomous driving software

Domain

Autonomous vehicles, simulation, safety engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Systems thinking, leading cross-functional technical programs, validating simulation against real-world data, deriving estimators for fusing simulated and real data, defining data sets and metrics, writing methodology documents and validation reports, mentoring engineers

Preferred skills

Sensor simulation (camera, lidar, radar), neural rendering, generative scene synthesis, perception evaluation metrics, motion planning evaluation, model credibility and safety standards (NASA-STD-7009, ASME V&V, ISO 21448, UL 4600, ISO 26262), Python, SQL, Ph.D.

Technologies

Python, SQL

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end simulation V&V strategy across integration levels, define data sets and comparison methods, lead cross-functional sim validation program, partner with statisticians on estimators, write methodology documents and reports, mentor engineers in V&V practice

Seniority

Staff, technical leadership