Systems Triage Engineer

Actalent; United States; Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Short and long-term disability

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a System Triage Contractor Engineer in Dallas, TX for on-road and simulation data analysis. You will evaluate performance data, triage defects, and drive root-cause and counterfactual analyses to improve safety-critical embedded systems.

Candidates should have 3–5+ years leading test programs, experience with ADAS/ autonomous driving software, and strong collaboration across Safety, System V&V, and ML teams. The role is hybrid in Dallas with competitive hourly pay.

Qualifications

• Triage, tracking, and metric reporting for system anomalies and test escapes.
• Use 3D visualization tools to analyze sensor data and identify root causes.
• Report on software quality using defect ratios and heatmap viewpoints.
• Analyze autonomous vehicle behaviors from public roads and testing.
• Use simulation tools to identify new edge-case scenarios for ML training.
• Maintain defect management process and ensure high-quality ticketing.

Responsibilities

• Triage system anomalies and track defects, reporting metrics and trends.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive root cause analysis and issue resolution.
• Support rapid integration and deployment schedules with clear defect workflows.

Skills

System triage

Defect tracking

Impact analysis

Simulation analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, Systems Engineering or related technical field

Tools

Build systems

Containers

Source control

Job description

Description

The System Triage Contractor Engineer is responsible to evaluate performance data and test results collected from on road testing, simulation testing, creating value add analysis and trends as feedback to development teams. In addition to traditional embedded system triaging, the role will require techniques to investigate simulation data as well as counterfactual analysis.

Truck is one of their main test vehicle, SW that wasnt routed correctly, missing lane lines, obstcle infront of them

A successful candidate will have experience performing public road forensic analysis of robotic disengagements, cross-function collaboration, and driving initiatives to transform and help evolve the system triage and forensics processes. A robust experience in large-scale, safety-critical systems and/or software development processes within complex development systems is necessary to guide company engineering procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

Data Triage & Root Cause Analysis

• Perform triage, tracking, and metric reporting for system anomalies and test escapes.
• Leverage 3D visualization tools to analyze sensor data, helping uncover complex software/hardware issues and identify root causes.
• Report on software quality using concepts such as defect ratios and software heatmap viewpoints

Behavioral Analysis & Simulation

• Analyze autonomous vehicle behaviors from public roads and closed-course testing.
• Utilize simulation tools to identify new edge-case scenarios and export them into datasets, helping the ML team expand and improve Reinforcement Learning & Training models.
• Perform counterfactual simulations of selected events, sharing critical analysis with Safety, System V&V, and ML teams to help mitigate unsafe system behaviors.

Tooling & Process Optimization

• Collaborate on tooling requirements for efficient triage, root cause analysis, metric reporting, and data visualization, with the goal of quickly extracting insights regarding software maturity.
• Maintain the defect management process, optimize defect workflows, and ensure high-quality bug ticketing to accurately reflect defect states.

Integration & Collaboration

• Contribute to a rapid integration and deployment schedule, supporting consistent software stack releases to extended testing teams.
• Work closely within your team and collaborate cross-functionally to provide a swift, responsive feedback loop to the core development teams.

Bug Ticket and Tracking

• Track and follow-up on high priority and blocking defects, ensuring continued progress
• Establish and maintain defect management process, defect workflow and tracking including definition of bug ticket quality and ability to understand state of defects.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Bachelors degree in computer science, computer engineering, Systems Engineering or related technical field

3-5+ years of industry experience leading test programs with focus on system triage, defect tracking and impact analysis

Experience with complex embedded systems including ADAS technologies i.e. autonomous driving software architecture, sensors, networking, compute hardware, control systems

Experience with software development tools i.e. build systems, containers, source control etc.

Experience with software for real-time or safety-critical systems

Experience with machine learned software components

Strong problem-solving / analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to learn in unstructured environments

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving software/hardware infrastructure

Bonus Points!

Experience testing autonomous vehicles, ROS based robotics systems or ADAS features

Configuration management of safety-critical systems, understanding of systems engineering and verification, validation methodologies.

Experience designing and commissioning custom HIL test fixtures

Experience Level

Intermediate Level

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Dallas, TX.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $65.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your jobclassification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may besubject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.

If eligible, the benefitsavailable for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Dallas, TX.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 16, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Dallas,TX.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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