Senior AI Validation Engineer — Autonomous Driving

OpenDigital Limited; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 303,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

Wayve in Sunnyvale is seeking a Systems Engineer (Senior/Staff) to own behavior validation for the Wayve AI Driver, from strategy to implementation and execution, enabling integration across autonomy products and reaching millions of customers globally.

The role requires 5+ years in automated driving or robotics, strong Python skills, and experience with both simulated and physical testing environments. Hybrid work policy applies, with an equity package offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in automated driving, robotics, or related product.
• Proficiency in Python to implement metrics and evaluation code.
• Deep understanding of driving behavior and how to measure driving performance.
• Experience with both simulated and physical testing environments for autonomous systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive validation strategy across test modalities for multiple autonomy products.
• Define and implement general purpose metrics for validating on-road and simulated driving behavior.
• Define test coverage requirements and build comprehensive test suites.
• Develop acceptance criteria through collaboration with Product, Safety, and AV Engineering teams.
• Analyze test results and report findings to Release and Autonomy Engineering stakeholders.
• Identify data, simulation, and evaluation team dependencies to enable timely, scalable, and automated validation execution.

Skills

5+ years experience

Python

Driving behavior

Validation ownership

Education

BSc/MSc/PhD in CS/Robotics/Aerospace

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Wayve in Sunnyvale is seeking a Systems Engineer (Senior/Staff) to own behavior validation for the Wayve AI Driver, from strategy to implementation and execution, enabling integration across autonomy products and reaching millions of customers globally.

The role requires 5+ years in automated driving or robotics, strong Python skills, and experience with both simulated and physical testing environments. Hybrid work policy applies, with an equity package offered.