AV Validation & Simulation Engineer

generalmotors; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Tuition assistance

Job summary

General Motors in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a data-driven AV evaluation engineer to own end-to-end execution, design evaluation methodologies, and communicate insights that establish confidence in the end-to-end ML stack.

You will collaborate with AI/ML engineers, simulation teams, and data partners to build scalable processes for evaluating coverage, metrics, uncertainty, and validation confidence.

Qualifications

• Strong Python programming skills for analysis, evaluation, or testing tools.
• Experience designing or implementing testing, simulation, or evaluation frameworks for complex systems.
• Experience with GitHub, Jira, or equivalent tools.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership from problem definition to outcome delivery.
• Track record of analytical and systems-engineering work on complex software/hardware systems or ambiguous AI functions.

Responsibilities

• Define AV evaluation and validation processes from concept through implementation, including test-framework requirements, scenario and test-suite design, coverage, metrics, and evidentiary support.
• Design and implement scalable testing and simulation frameworks for test generation, execution, data collection, result aggregation, and reproducible analysis.
• Provide hands-on implementation of infrastructure and data solutions to assess confidence in AV performance using simulation and on-road data.
• Develop and apply methods to evaluate simulation validity, sim-to-real correlation, and predictive value of simulation results.
• Identify metrics, sampling approaches, and analytical methods to improve evaluation workflows.

Skills

Python

Testing frameworks

Data analysis

GitHub/Jira

End-to-end ownership

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in engineering/physics/math/data science

Tools

GitHub

Jira

Job description

General Motors in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a data-driven AV evaluation engineer to own end-to-end execution, design evaluation methodologies, and communicate insights that establish confidence in the end-to-end ML stack.

You will collaborate with AI/ML engineers, simulation teams, and data partners to build scalable processes for evaluating coverage, metrics, uncertainty, and validation confidence.