Senior Autonomous Vehicle Ops & Integration Engineer

42dot; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

42dot seeks a Senior Vehicle Operations & Integration Engineer to lead hands-on integration, validation, and maintenance of development vehicles used for software‑defined vehicle and autonomous driving programs. You will ensure readiness for R&D activities by coordinating with cross‑functional teams and external vendors.

You will work closely with autonomous driving, perception, embedded software, and hardware teams to keep test assets safe, available, and calibrated for field deployments and

Qualifications

• Support validation of infotainment systems, connectivity features, embedded software, and vehicle network communications.
• Perform functional testing across CAN, Ethernet, wireless, and vehicle diagnostic interfaces.
• Execute test plans and regression testing for hardware and software releases.
• Document issues and work closely with engineering teams to support root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Verify vehicle functionality following software updates, hardware changes, or prototype modifications.

Responsibilities

• Vehicle Integration & Prototype Development Perform installation, integration, and troubleshooting of autonomous driving sensor suites, compute platforms, logging systems, networking equipment, and vehicle instrumentation.
• Support prototype vehicle builds including electrical, mechanical, and software integration activities.
• Assist engineering teams in validating new hardware and software releases prior to vehicle deployment.
• Fabricate and install prototype brackets, harnesses, mounts, and supporting hardware for development vehicles.
• Coordinate vehicle modifications with internal engineering teams and external upfitting vendors.
• Prepare and maintain development vehicles used for autonomous driving, ADAS, machine learning, and perception data collection programs.
• Deploy and validate sensors including cameras, radar, lidar, GNSS, IMU, driver monitoring, and vehicle network interfaces.
• Support vehicle bring‑up activities and system‑level debugging of integrated autonomous driving platforms.
• Ensure data collection systems are operational and calibrated before field deployments.
• Provide field support during testing activities and vehicle demonstrations.

Skills

Infotainment systems

Vehicle network communications

Embedded software

CAN/Ethernet testing

Job description

42dot seeks a Senior Vehicle Operations & Integration Engineer to lead hands-on integration, validation, and maintenance of development vehicles used for software‑defined vehicle and autonomous driving programs. You will ensure readiness for R&D activities by coordinating with cross‑functional teams and external vendors.

You will work closely with autonomous driving, perception, embedded software, and hardware teams to keep test assets safe, available, and calibrated for field deployments and