Software Verification & Validation Engineer

present of AI; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

PlusAI is seeking a Software Verification & Validation Engineer to build and run simulation test suites for autonomous driving software. You will define safety and comfort metrics and trace failures back to the responsible module, ensuring regression-free releases.

The role emphasizes Python scripting, hands-on simulation or test automation, and comfort with CI pipelines and statistical reporting to scale AI-driven validation practices.

Qualifications

• Solid Python scripting ability.
• Hands-on experience with simulation or test automation work.
• Ability to distinguish real software regressions from simulation artifacts.
• Familiarity with CI pipelines and statistical reporting.

Responsibilities

• Build and run simulation test suites for autonomous driving software.
• Define measurable safety and comfort metrics.
• Trace failures to the module causing them (root cause analysis).
• Support CI pipelines and provide statistical reporting on test results.

Skills

Python scripting

Simulation testing

Test automation

Root cause analysis

Job description

Software Verification & Validation Engineer

This role builds and runs simulation test suites for autonomous driving software, defines measurable safety and comfort metrics, and traces failures back to the module that caused them. A strong candidate brings solid Python scripting, hands on simulation or test automation work, and the judgment to tell a real software regression from a simulation artifact. Comfort with CI pipelines and statistical reporting rounds it out.

How it fits the AI era

The work sits close to the AI itself: simulation is how autonomous driving models get stress tested at scale before real roads. AI speeds up test generation and log analysis, but deciding what counts as safe, comfortable, or a genuine regression stays a human judgment call. The role is largely about turning that judgment into objective, repeatable checks.

How it builds AI experience

The job offers direct exposure to validating perception, prediction, planning, and control models, which is core AI validation practice. Building this means getting fluent in simulation tooling, metric design, and root cause analysis on large model outputs. Familiarity with how autonomous driving stacks are structured helps, since the company builds virtual driver software for factory built trucks.

Worth showing

• Python test automation
• Simulation test suites
• Safety metric design
• Root cause analysis

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PlusAI develops AI-based virtual driver software for factory-built autonomous trucks, per the company.