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Senior Systems Engineer – Autonomy Behavioral Capabilities

Senior Systems Engineer – Autonomy Behavioral Capabilities

CompanyMotional
LocationPittsburgh, PA, USA
Salary$160000 – $207000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field with 3 years of experience in owning the technical responsibility over a complex system preferably a perception or localization/SLAM sub-system
  • Or BS in Engineering with 5 years of experience in owning the technical responsibility over a complex system preferably a perception or localization/SLAM sub-system
  • Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of experience in Data Science, Statistics or Computer Science OR equivalent experience in data science in relevant industry
  • Experience in evaluating Autonomous Driving Behavior
  • Fluency in SQL or similar languages
  • Fluency in data visualization techniques
  • Python coding experience
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships with other teams
  • Excellent communication skills; effective in communicating complex concepts and driving resolutions
  • Self-starter who is motivated to set and achieve goals and takes initiative to drive ambiguous tasks/projects to completion

Responsibilities

  • Propose behavioral expectations on AV capabilities
  • Support standardization of metrics used in performance evaluation for AV Capabilities to ensure consistency
  • Effectively utilize existing metrics and propose the need for new metrics to evaluate AV performance in large scale simulation testing
  • Propose soft/hard targets for metrics using statistical methods and back them up with driving data
  • Characterize the performance target against parameters used to define AV capabilities to provide nuance in performance evaluation
  • Propose and implement ideas to analyze simulation, resimulation, public road and closed course testing results for stakeholders in Systems, Autonomy, Safety etc.
  • Deliver strategic insights and recommendations based on AV capability testing by building meaningful visualizations
  • Focus on automating simulation result analysis processes and gaps, removing manual processes where applicable
  • Support the development, execution, and analyses of scenario simulation test cases for features validation
  • Communicate test results to development teams and management and facilitate the resolving of technical issues

Preferred Qualifications

  • Masters degree in Data Science or Computer Science
  • Experience in Autonomous Vehicles or other robotics industries
  • Experience using simulation tools