Autonomy Validation & Test Engineer (Planning/MCU)

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

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Competitive compensation

Catered free lunch

Unlimited snacks and beverages

Job summary

PlusAI is a Physical AI company pioneering AI-based virtual driver software for autonomous trucks. We seek an experienced software integration engineer to lead V&V efforts, focusing on the planning stack or embedded MCU.

You will collaborate with engineering and operations to develop and execute end-to-end testing, and create tooling to improve efficiency. Your role includes creating and executing test plans, supporting development on either the planning or MCU teams, and driving closed-course

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Test planning

Robotics

Autonomous vehicles

Linux

ROS

C++

Python

Bash

Travel willingness

Education

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

Job description

PlusAI is a Physical AI company pioneering AI-based virtual driver software for autonomous trucks. We seek an experienced software integration engineer to lead V&V efforts, focusing on the planning stack or embedded MCU.

You will collaborate with engineering and operations to develop and execute end-to-end testing, and create tooling to improve efficiency. Your role includes creating and executing test plans, supporting development on either the planning or MCU teams, and driving closed-course