Autonomous Driving Validation Engineer

PlusAI; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch provided

Snacks and beverages

401(k) plan

Job summary

PlusAI is seeking an experienced software integration engineer to lead validation and verification efforts for our autonomous driving stack. You will conduct hands-on testing of the planning stack or safety MCU and work with engineering and operations to implement closed-course vehicle testing programs.

Your role includes creating end-to-end test plans, developing tooling and documentation, and ensuring test execution aligns with release milestones across multiple test sites in the U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Robotics.
• 2+ years of experience creating and executing test plans for software/hardware systems.
• 2+ years of experience with robotics, automotive, or autonomous vehicles.
• Experience debugging system behaviors in Linux, ROS, C++, Python; identify failures from hardware sensors.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of closed-course autonomous vehicle system testing.
• Create V&V plans and test matrix based on product requirements for on-vehicle autonomy software.
• Identify and diagnose software errors across Linux, ROS, sensors, actuators and log data.
• Collaborate with engineers to test autonomy stack components and report failures to management.
• Organize and execute field testing in diverse environments including closed course.
• Execute test cases aligned with release milestones.
• Support development of the planning stack or embedded safety MCU.
• Generate documentation and back-end tooling to improve operational efficiency.

Skills

Test planning

Autonomous vehicles

Linux debugging

C++

Python

Bash

ROS

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Robotics

Tools

ROS

Linux

Job description

PlusAI is seeking an experienced software integration engineer to lead validation and verification efforts for our autonomous driving stack. You will conduct hands-on testing of the planning stack or safety MCU and work with engineering and operations to implement closed-course vehicle testing programs.

Your role includes creating end-to-end test plans, developing tooling and documentation, and ensuring test execution aligns with release milestones across multiple test sites in the U.S.