Autonomous Systems Validation Engineer I - Hybrid

dtna; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k company match

4 weeks paid vacation

13+ holidays

8 weeks parental leave

Employee assistance program

Healthcare plans

Onsite fitness

Tuition assistance

Volunteer paid time off

Disability plans

Job summary

Daimler Truck in Portland, OR is seeking engineers early in their careers to join the validation team for highly automated vehicle platforms. You will support test campaigns, analyze results, and help ensure safety and reliability as we advance L4 systems toward production.

The role offers a hybrid schedule (4 days in-office, 1 day remote) with a starting salary between $71,000 and $91,000 USD, plus comprehensive benefits and opportunities for growth in autonomous vehicle validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechatronics, computer science, electrical or mechanical engineering or related field from an accredited college/university.
• Experience developing, reviewing and executing test cases.
• Commercial Driver's License or ability to acquire one within 1 year of accepting position is required.
• Excellent teamwork skills and strong desire to continuously improve the product.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work and collaborate with remote locations over different time zones required.
• Ability to travel domestically.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of validation strategies utilizing innovative tools and processes to meet testing needs for highly automated vehicle platforms.
• Collaborate with engineers across multiple disciplines in fast-paced, iterative development cycles.
• Plan and execute test campaigns involving multiple stakeholders, and participants from both internal and external departments.
• Develop conclusions from testing, present results and investigate issues.
• Contribute to validation planning, milestone tracking, and implementation of the overall validation concept.
• Interact with engineers responsible for the functional safety concept to ensure validation activities support safety objectives.
• Keep up to date with the latest technologies and regulations in the field of L4 system validation.
• Drive continuous improvement in processes and tools.
• Execute vehicle and system-level testing at proving grounds, test tracks, and laboratory environments.
• Analyze vehicle data logs, CAN traces, and test results to identify issues and support root-cause investigations.
• Support fault-injection, integration, and troubleshooting activities to validate system behavior under normal and degraded operating conditions.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Remote collaboration

Travel willingness

Test case development

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechatronics, computer science, electrical or mechanical engineering

Job description

Daimler Truck in Portland, OR is seeking engineers early in their careers to join the validation team for highly automated vehicle platforms. You will support test campaigns, analyze results, and help ensure safety and reliability as we advance L4 systems toward production.

The role offers a hybrid schedule (4 days in-office, 1 day remote) with a starting salary between $71,000 and $91,000 USD, plus comprehensive benefits and opportunities for growth in autonomous vehicle validation.