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Evaluation, Validation & Simulation Engineer
$145K–$210K
Sunnyvale, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
About the job
Builds and improves the tools, metrics, and simulation workflows used to evaluate and validate autonomous driving performance and guide engineering decisions.
What you'll do
- Develop autonomy KPIs, performance metrics, and evaluation and validation tools.
- Analyze driving performance, identify failure modes, and build scenario-mining and performance-analysis workflows.
- Support simulation-based testing and collaborate with ML, software, systems, and safety teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
- Strong Python and/or C++ programming skills.
- Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills.
- Experience working with large datasets and software systems.
Nice to have
- Autonomous driving, robotics, or simulation experience.
- Data analytics, ML evaluation, statistical analysis, or large-scale data processing experience.
Pay
$145,000 - $210,000 (base salary; currency not stated)
Tools
Python, C++
AI focus
Evaluates and validates autonomous driving systems for a production-ready L4 autonomy program using an ML-first approach involving end-to-end learning, foundation models, vision-language-action (VLA) models, and world models.
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