AV Fleet Technician

Uber; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Uber is building an AV data-collection fleet in Sunnyvale. The AV Fleet Technician serves as the on-site floor captain, leading contractor technicians, performing line-side operations, and guiding electromechanical triage to keep vehicles mission-ready.

You will isolate complex hardware faults across sensors and vehicle rigs, validate upfits from contract manufacturers, calibrate cameras, LiDAR, and radars, and use Linux CLI to run health checks and flash firmware, partnering with engineers to

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on experience in advanced electromechanical maintenance, autonomous vehicle depot operations, aerospace testing, or complex hardware validation.
• AV Industry & Multi-Platform Experience: Hands-on background supporting multiple vehicle platforms.
• Deep Electromechanical Mastery: Troubleshoot complex physical hardware, automotive wire harnesses, and data links.
• AV Perception Hardware Exposure: Experience with LiDAR, Radar, Camera arrays, GPS/IMU.
• Linux CLI Fluency: Proficient in Linux command-line tools for diagnostics and firmware flashing.
• Communication & Leadership: Lead contractor technicians and communicate failure modes to engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site floor operations and contractor technicians during daily shifts.
• Perform line-side electromechanical and physical triage of complex faults across sensor suites and vehicle systems.
• Validate incoming hardware upfits from contract manufacturers for harness routing and connector seating.
• Oversee sensor calibration and software-driven calibration routines for cameras, LiDAR, and radars.
• Navigate Linux CLI to run health-check scripts, parse logs, and flash firmware.
• Audit SOPs with senior engineers to improve vehicle serviceability and error-proofing.

Skills

Electromechanical maintenance

AV depot operations

Linux CLI fluency

Leadership on floor

Sensor calibration

Tools

CAN bus analysis tools

Wireshark

TDRs

Multimeters

Pinout extractors

Job description

About the Role

Uber is launching AV Labs to accelerate the autonomous technology ecosystem. We're building out a high-velocity team of multi-disciplinary experts to turn real-world operations into high-quality data for our autonomous partners. This team is focused on the hardest problem in AV today: unlocking real-world, long-tail driving data. Autonomy is now a data race—and Uber has an edge: We collect rare, real-world driving data at a scale and capital efficiency no one else can match.

As an AV Fleet Technician, you will serve as a line-side floor captain and electromechanical escalation lead for our high-velocity Autonomous Vehicle (AV)data collection fleet. Operating directly on the depot floor, you will isolate complex hardware, electrical, and data-link faults across dense L4 perception stacks (LiDAR, Radar, Camera arrays, CAN/Automotive Ethernet), validate incoming data collection vehicle upfits from contract manufacturers, and direct third-party contractor teams to maintain peak fleet readiness. This role is ideal for a battle-tested vehicle or robotics lead who excels at physical root-cause triage, Linux-assisted diagnostics, sensor calibration, and hands-on floor execution.

What You’ll Do

• Line-Side Floor Leadership: Serve as the onsite floor captain during daily shift operations; lead contractor technicians (EXTs) in executing pre/post-drive staging, sensor calibrations, and vehicle turnarounds.


• Electromechanical & Physical Triage: Act as the local escalation point for complex hardware and electrical faults. Isolate failure modes across dense sensor suites (LiDAR, Radar, Cameras, IMUs), vehicle compute nodes, power distribution units, and custom wire harnesses.


• Upfit Validation: Perform incoming hardware quality checks on newly upfitted vehicles from contract manufacturing partners (e.g., Roush), ensuring harness routing, connector seating, pinouts, and mechanical mountings meet engineering specs.


• Sensor Calibration & Maintenance: Oversee physical alignment and software-driven calibration routines for camera arrays, LiDARs, and Radars using specialized targets and calibration rigs.


• Linux CLI Execution: Navigate Linux terminals to execute health-check scripts, inspect log files (dmesg, journalctl), verify network interface states, and flash component firmware.


• SOP Audit & Process Improvement: Partner with L5A Senior Engineers to audit shop-floor playbooks, identify operational bottlenecks, and provide feedback to improve vehicle serviceability and poka-yoke (error-proofing) procedures.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in advanced electromechanical maintenance, autonomous vehicle depot operations, aerospace testing, or complex hardware validation.


• AV Industry & Multi-Platform Experience: Prior experience working directly within autonomous vehicle companies with hands-on background supporting and troubleshooting multiple vehicle platforms.


• Deep Electromechanical Mastery: Proven ability to troubleshoot complex physical hardware, automotive wire harnesses, custom connectors (FAKRA, Rosenberger, Amphenol), power distribution, and data links (CAN bus, Automotive Ethernet, GMSL).


• AV Perception Hardware Exposure: Hands-on experience mounting, swapping, or troubleshooting autonomous perception suites (LiDAR, Radar, Camera arrays, GPS/IMU).


• Linux CLI Fluency: Comfortable navigating Linux command-line environments to run pre-written diagnostic tools, parse logs, check system processes, and flash component firmware.


• Communication & Leadership: Demonstrated capability to lead contractor/vendor technicians on the floor, enforce quality standards, and clearly articulate technical failure modes to engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working directly within an AV fleet depot (Waymo, Cruise, Zoox, Nuro, Aurora, Kodiak) or advanced robotics flight/test facility.


• Experience validating incoming vehicle upfits or retrofits from automotive contract manufacturers (e.g., Roush, Pratt Miller).


• Proficiency using basic electrical tools (multimeters, wire crimpers, pinout extractors, TDRs) and network bus analyzers (candump, Wireshark).

Ready to Ride?

This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves — we'd love to hear from you.

You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.

Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.

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