Staff Validation Engineer - Autonomy & AI Driver

OpenDigital Limited; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 276,000 - 303,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a Staff Validation Engineer to lead validation for L2+ Driving Features in the Wayve AI Driver. You will collaborate with systems engineers and data scientists to implement validation strategies using simulation and real-world testing, aligning with AV standards.

The role emphasizes ownership from ideation to implementation in a fast-paced setting, with a hybrid work policy and a strong focus on rigorous data-driven validation and reporting.

Qualifications

• Clear, concise communicator with excellent documentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in evidence-based decision-making.
• Hands-on experience evaluating and validating complex engineered systems.
• Experience working in autonomy for driving, robotics, or related products.
• Proficiency in Python to implement metrics and work with evaluation codebase.
• Experience with both simulated and physical testing environments for autonomous systems.
• Experience analyzing and reporting validation results.
• Demonstrated ownership driving validation concepts from ideation to implementation in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive validation strategy across test modalities for L2+ Driving Features in the Wayve AI Driver product.
• 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 dependencies to enable timely, scalable validation execution.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Data, Simulation, and Autonomy leads to design and implement test strategies.

Skills

Clear communication

Analytical rigor

Hands-on validation

Autonomy in driving/ robotics

Validation results analysis

Documentation proficiency

Ownership mindset

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace, or related

Tools

Python

Job description

Wayve in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a Staff Validation Engineer to lead validation for L2+ Driving Features in the Wayve AI Driver. You will collaborate with systems engineers and data scientists to implement validation strategies using simulation and real-world testing, aligning with AV standards.

The role emphasizes ownership from ideation to implementation in a fast-paced setting, with a hybrid work policy and a strong focus on rigorous data-driven validation and reporting.