Autonomous Vehicle Test Engineer II

asirobots; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) is seeking a Test Engineer III to develop and execute verification and validation plans for autonomous wheel loader platforms, translating complex requirements into structured test plans and evidence.

The role involves owning testing assignments, maintaining Jama Connect traceability, and collaborating across systems engineering, software, and field teams. You will design test scenarios for autonomous navigation, loading, and vehicle controls, while ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• Typically five or more years of experience in test engineering, verification and validation, systems integration, product testing, or a related engineering role.
• Strong experience using Jama Connect for requirements management, test-case management, traceability, reviews, baselines, reporting, and verification evidence.
• Experience developing and executing test plans for complex hardware and software integrated systems.
• Experience translating technical requirements and operational scenarios into test procedures and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Experience conducting functional, integration, regression, performance, endurance, or system-level testing.
• Ability to independently plan, coordinate, execute, and document moderately complex testing assignments.
• Experience analyzing test data, system logs, and technical results to identify failures and performance limitations.
• Strong troubleshooting skills involving integrated mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, software, sensor, and vehicle systems.
• Experience with test instrumentation, data-acquisition equipment, diagnostic tools, or vehicle logging systems.
• Strong understanding of requirements traceability, defect management, configuration control, verification evidence, and product-development lifecycles.
• Experience using Python, MATLAB, C++, Excel, or comparable tools for test automation and data analysis.
• Experience working in Linux-based environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to travel and work in laboratory, shop, customer, and outdoor field-testing environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute verification and validation plans for autonomous wheel loader systems, subsystems, and software features
• Translate system requirements, customer workflows, and operational use cases into measurable test objectives, acceptance criteria, and validation evidence
• Create detailed test procedures, test cases, checklists, data-collection plans, and technical test reports
• Independently own moderately complex testing assignments from initial planning through final documentation and issue closure
• Maintain Jama Connect requirements, test cases, verification links, review items, baselines, and traceability for assigned validation work
• Ensure test activities and results remain traceable to system requirements, interface requirements, safety requirements, and customer acceptance criteria
• Support Jama review workflows, requirement updates, test-case organization, exports, reports, dashboards, and change-impact reviews
• Partner with systems engineering, software, electrical, mechanical, perception, GNC, reliability, and field teams to maintain clear requirement-to-test-to-evidence traceability
• Develop test scenarios involving autonomous navigation, loading, material handling, bucket control, digging, carrying, dumping, stockpile interaction, truck loading, route execution, and work-area behavior
• Validate autonomous vehicle behavior across loading zones, stockpiles, haul paths, dump locations, intersections, slopes, confined areas, and uneven terrain
• Conduct functional, performance, integration, regression, endurance, and system-level testing
• Test steering, propulsion, braking, speed control, path tracking, stopping accuracy, implement control, hydraulic behavior, and vehicle stability
• Evaluate system performance under varying payloads, material types, grades, surface conditions, traction levels, speeds, and environmental conditions
• Validate autonomous capabilities involving localization, navigation, perception, obstacle avoidance, route compliance, communications, vehicle control, and task execution
• Test vehicle responses to personnel, equipment, vehicles, obstacles, geofences, changing conditions, and unexpected events within active work areas
• Develop representative work cycles, duty cycles, endurance scenarios, and customer-use scenarios for wheel loader validation
• Conduct testing using simulation, recorded-data replay, software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, laboratory, shop, and full-vehicle environments
• Configure test vehicles, payload conditions, instrumentation, sensors, software, logging systems, and supporting equipment
• Collect and organize vehicle logs, system data, measurements, photographs, videos, and other objective test evidence
• Analyze vehicle, autonomy, hydraulic, sensor, implement, and control data to identify performance limitations and unexpected behavior
• Evaluate test results against requirements, specifications, performance targets, and established acceptance criteria
• Document defects clearly and communicate technical findings to engineering and project teams
• Reproduce reported issues involving vehicle control, bucket operation, hydraulic response, localization, perception, route execution, loading, dumping, or material-handling behavior
• Support cross-functional troubleshooting, failure investigations, and root cause analysis activities
• Verify corrective actions through targeted testing, regression testing, and issue-closure activities
• Develop scripts and tools to improve test automation, data processing, visualization, reporting, and repeatability
• Support requirements reviews, design reviews, test-readiness reviews, system-readiness reviews, and release-readiness assessments
• Coordinate testing activities with engineers, field testers, equipment operators, customers, and project stakeholders
• Support customer demonstrations, field deployments, operational acceptance testing, and on-site troubleshooting
• Follow company, customer, and site-specific safety requirements while testing autonomous and heavy-equipment systems
• Contribute to improvements in testing standards, Jama workflows, test procedures, documentation, tools, and team practices

Skills

Python scripting

C++

MATLAB

Test planning

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Systems Engineering, or related field

Tools

Jama Connect

Job description

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) is seeking a Test Engineer III to develop and execute verification and validation plans for autonomous wheel loader platforms, translating complex requirements into structured test plans and evidence.

The role involves owning testing assignments, maintaining Jama Connect traceability, and collaborating across systems engineering, software, and field teams. You will design test scenarios for autonomous navigation, loading, and vehicle controls, while ensuring