Systems Engineer - Behavior Verification

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Job Description

Design and maintain scenario and test sets for evaluating autonomous-driving behavior. Validate test sets before release, translate behavior requirements into testable criteria, investigate behavior deficiencies and simulation gaps, and coordinate verification processes across engineering, safety, simulation, and operations teams.

Hard Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant engineering or related field
• Experience verifying safety-critical systems, ideally autonomous vehicles
• Experience designing test cases from requirements and assessing test-set coverage
• Applied statistics knowledge, including sample size and confidence
• Proficiency in Python and ability to navigate a large codebase
• Familiarity with autonomous-vehicle requirements, behaviors, and design methodologies
• Ability to structure, document, and prioritize test sets and strategies
• Ability to work diplomatically across teams
• Commitment to accountability

Soft Requirements

• Trucking or heavy-vehicle experience
• Machine learning experience, especially model evaluation and false-positive/false-negative trade-offs
• Exposure to NHTSA, ISO 26262, or SOTIF frameworks
• Familiarity with tools for extracting coverage and exposure from driving logs
• Comfort working in a newly formed team and building processes