Software Vehicle Test Engineer - Santa Clara CA (100% onsite)
What youll be doing:
- Handle end-to-end AV software testing for autonomous functionalities (like ACC LK Lane Change etc.) Safety features & parking collaborating with teams across NVIDIA Automotive platform.
- Validate NVIDIA Drive product at vehicle level and review requirements develop test metrics and establish KPI-metrics evaluation.
- Design test routes and perform in-car tests at larger scale to ensure SW quality could match expectations of the end user.
- Report events as per the defined protocols including Safety and work with collaborators to improve the reports communication.
- Travel to different locations to perform in-car testing based on test plans to collect proving ground and public road scenarios to ensure comprehensive real-world testing for ADAS/AS SW features.
- Collect quality and valuable expert feedback from in-car test drives and present them with multi-functional feature PICs/Leads.
- Debugging issues collaborating with engineers to identify root causes and chip in to process improvements.
What we need to see:
- 3 years of in-car testing experience for ADAS features.
- BS or MS degree in Engineering or Computer Science related field.
- Experience with Linux/QNX systems.
- Experience with programming languages like C Python JavaScript databases management
- Technical in nature and able to elaborate as needed on the lowest detail to the highest-level vision of the job.
- Prior experience in Vehicle bring up Verification and Validation test at large scale.
- Prior experience on AV Triage workflows.
- Be able to efficiently work with multiple teams.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Proven large scale in-car test experience in autonomous Driving (L2/L3/L4) and Parking product with excellence in debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Coding skills Python JavaScript databases
- Experience in AV development testing or Automotive Standards ISO26262 ISO21448.
- A valid Driving License.
Candidate Feedback Missed the Mark:
- Skipping this profile. Very limited experience in only 1 ADAS feature testing. Do not meet my expectations for this role.
- Skipping this profile. Expertise are in Body Control Module features which is part of automotive. No direct experience in ADAS feature testing. Do not meet my expectations for this role.
- His depth of ADAS knowledge does not meet our criteria. He has no ADAS SW testing experience. His experience is mainly in automotive non-ADAS driving features.
- Candidate has fake experience. No automotive experience or ADAS knowledge or experience.
- His triaging knowledge is very limited to HW level and basic ADAS functions. I am looking for someone with 2-3 years of real hands-on triage experience.