Autonomous Vehicle Validation Engineer

General Motors; United States; Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

GM benefits package

Job summary

General Motors is seeking an Autonomous Vehicle Test Engineer to plan, execute, and report AV testing at the Milford Proving Ground in Michigan. You will lead closed‑course regression, feature validation, and data collection, coordinating with AV Test Engineering and cross‑functional teams.

The role emphasizes test planning, hands‑on vehicle execution, data analysis, and safety. Travel≈10% for training, alignment, and testing activities, with a strong focus on engineering rigor and traceability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, automotive, systems, computer, robotics, aerospace engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in autonomous vehicles, automotive engineering, robotics, aerospace, vehicle testing, systems integration, test engineering, or a related technical operations environment.
• Experience planning and executing vehicle, robotics, or other complex electro‑mechanical system tests in a laboratory, proving‑ground, field, or comparable operational environment.
• Experience troubleshooting software‑enabled hardware systems using diagnostic information, logs, measurements, observations, and structured problem‑solving methods.
• Ability to read and apply test procedures, requirements, acceptance criteria, operating instructions, and safety controls.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership, establish priorities, work independently, and drive ambiguous technical problems toward resolution.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with software, hardware, systems, operations, reliability, safety, and program teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including concise technical reporting, issue escalation, and cross‑functional coordination.
• Ability to work onsite in a proving‑ground environment with exposure to heat, cold, dust, wind, sun, noise, vehicle traffic, and changing work conditions.
• Ability to perform hands‑on vehicle readiness and troubleshooting activities, including inspecting vehicles, connecting or handling test equipment and data media, and moving through vehicle and track environments as required.
• Ability to work onsite at GM Milford Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan, and travel approximately 10% as needed.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to meet applicable GM driver‑training, vehicle‑qualification, site‑access, and safety requirements for vehicle testing.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute autonomous‑vehicle testing by translating objectives into test plans, test cases, procedures, schedules, and resource requirements.
• Plan and execute repeatable software regression, feature and behavior validation, structured scenario, calibration‑support, fault‑response, and targeted data‑collection tests.
• Conduct closed‑course vehicle testing including preparation, test setup, scenario execution, observation, intervention or takeover when required, and post‑run closeout.
• Coordinate test requests, priorities, vehicle assignments, track reservations, operating windows, personnel, equipment, and readiness reviews with cross‑functional teams.
• Follow approved test procedures and acceptance criteria while using sound engineering judgment when conditions differ from expectations.
• Make timely recommendations to proceed, modify, repeat, block, or stop testing based on safety and data quality.

Skills

Test planning

Triage & debugging

Cross-functional collaboration

Onsite vehicle testing

Data analysis

Safety awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, automotive, systems, computer, robotics, aerospace engineering, computer science, or related

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Xray

GitHub

Linux

Job description

General Motors is seeking an Autonomous Vehicle Test Engineer to plan, execute, and report AV testing at the Milford Proving Ground in Michigan. You will lead closed‑course regression, feature validation, and data collection, coordinating with AV Test Engineering and cross‑functional teams.

The role emphasizes test planning, hands‑on vehicle execution, data analysis, and safety. Travel≈10% for training, alignment, and testing activities, with a strong focus on engineering rigor and traceability.