Senior V&V Engineer – Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) & Simulation

Job description

Job responsibilities

• SIL Test Strategy & Automation: Design and scale automated SIL testing pipelines integrated into cloud-based CI/CD workflows for daily regression and release gate evaluation.
• Scenario Creation & Parameter Variation: Generate complex, high-fidelity synthetic scenarios (urban/suburban middle-mile routes, edge cases, adverse weather, severe traffic interactions) using scenario definition…
• Log Replay & Permutation Testing: Build automated workflows to extract disengagements or interesting events from fleet logs and transform them into parametric simulation suites.
• Autonomy Stack Verification: Validate stack performance across perception, planning, controls, and map execution against safety metrics and behavioral assertions.
• Simulation Fidelity Assessment: Collaborate with simulator platform teams to validate simulator realism, sensor physics models, and vehicle dynamic fidelity against real-world data.
• Metrics & Release Dashboards: Develop automated verification dashboards (Grafana, SQL, Python) tracking pass/fail rates, safety violations, and coverage metrics across thousands of daily simulation runs.

Job requirements

• Education: B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, or Data Science.
• Experience: 5+ years in software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing, virtual simulation validation, or automated software QA for AVs or complex robotics.
• Software Mastery:
• Exceptional proficiency in C++ and Python.
• Deep experience with Linux environments, Docker containerization, Kubernetes, and cloud compute clusters (AWS/GCP).
• Strong working knowledge of simulation tools.
• Experience with continuous integration pipelines.
• Experience validating middle-mile or commercial vehicle autonomous planning and control algorithms.