Senior Autonomy System Test Engineer
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Job Location:
Foster, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Autonomous vehicles have some of the largest most complex software ever shipped in a safety-critical environment. Solving that problem is one of the most exciting technical challenges of our lifetime.
As a Senior Autonomy Systems Test Engineer at Zoox you will help accelerate our product development by helping our developers build the safest and most reliable autonomous driving software possible. As developers build features to enable the core ability for our vehicles to choose the best routes through cities and adapt in real-time you will oversee the development of extensive test plans develop standardized simulated test design tooling processes to execute many different scenarios validate end-to-end behaviors and put together triage pipelines for analyzing issues seen during offline and on-vehicle testing. These efforts are critical to exposing unforeseen failure modes implementation bugs and other issues as a result of new feature development. You will participate regularly in in-vehicle testing missions where you will see these new features behaving in the real world. Following these missions you will help triage and root cause issues seen during testing analyze test results to ensure existing functionality does not regress from release to release and update our testing processes to ensure QA can continue scaling efficiently with future Zoox milestones. Your ability to distill complex systems and root cause issues will be critical to producing a safe and stable vehicle platform.
In this role you will:
- Create test strategies and test plans for Zooxs self-driving behavior features.
- Identify track report and resolve test strategy planning or implementation issues with cross-functional software development teams.
- Propose prototype and validate a new testing methodology for the AI stack using automated metrics.
- Design develop and execute synthetic and log-based test scenarios on an in-house simulation test framework.
- Compile triage strategy and triage results from different QA validation platforms and pipelines.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or related field
- 7 years of experience in designing and implementing scalable software systems test strategies with excellent analytical problem-solving and prioritization skills
- Proficiency with automated test framework and test automation
- Experience with JIRA GIT Linux command line Python or other scripting languages
- Strong organizational leadership and communication skills
Bonus Qualifications:
- PhD in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or STEM field
- Relevant industry experience in software and systems testing for robotics autonomous mobility or safety-critical systems.
- Familiarity with ISO 26262 or other safety standards
$198000 - $237000 a year
Base Salary Range
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling as well as positioning within a level is determined by a range of factors including but not limited to a candidates relevant years of experience domain knowledge and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (e.g. sick leave vacation bereavement) unpaid time off Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights Amazon RSUs health insurance long-term care insurance long-term and short-term disability insurance and life insurance.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Jenkins
- Python
- System Design
- C/C++
- Systems Engineering
- 5G
- 3G
- System Testing
- Test Automation
- Internet Of Things
- Gradle
- 4G/LTE
About Company
We’re reinventing personal transportation—making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone. This is on-demand autonomous ride-hailing.
