- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- RichmondCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 7, 2026
- Salary
- $150,000–$190,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Systems Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles
Job description
As a Senior Systems Engineer – GATN (Glydways Automated Transit Network), you will be the technical owner for how new features and system changes show up on the guideway. You will:
You’ll work hands‑on at the track (e.g., GDF2 and project sites), in logs and dashboards, and in tools to turn “we need this to work on the track” into concrete scenarios, parameters, and decisions. We prefer to have this position on-site 3 or 4 days a week at Richmond, CA, but will consider remote for the right candidate.
This role is ideal for someone who has shipped complex hardware/software systems, enjoys integration and test work, and is comfortable taming chaos in a multi‑team environment.
Job responsibilities
- Own feature landing for GATN : Design, plan and execute integration of new system capabilities on the track (product features including reduced headways, fail‑operational behaviors, meeting availability targets, ticket…
- Define and run integration scenarios : Design Tier 2+ integration scenarios that exercise safety functions, throughput behaviors, and operational workflows across vehicles, wayside, and dispatch / OCC.
- Improve regression and mileage test suites : Improve the regression test suite and mileage‑accumulation campaigns that gate releases, including test selection, ordering, and coverage criteria for GATN features.
- Guardrail and safety‑function health : Review logs, metrics, and track behavior to judge the health of safety functions (e.g., separation assurance, route obstruction, emergency stop behaviors), and recommend parameter…
- Drive release readiness : Partner with Systems Engineering, Autonomy, Vehicle SI, and Operations to define entry/exit criteria for on‑track testing, release candidates, and feature “go live” decisions.
- Coordinate multi‑vehicle and multi‑site integration : Support integration efforts across project sites (e.g., GDF2 and customer locations), including parity targets, mobile test sites, and project‑specific constraints.
- Translate requirements into track reality : Write system‑level requirements, CONOPs, and analysis outputs from the Systems Engineering & Architecture team and ensure they are implemented, testable, and validated on the…
- Triage and root cause issues : Lead technical triage when integration or regression tests fail—coordinate logs, reproduce issues, work with domain owners, and drive to clear, documented resolutions.