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Technical Lead - Autonomy Evaluation
$185K–$242K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years of relevant experience; 2+ years as a technical lead or engineering manager for an evaluation, validation, or test team.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or a related field.
About the job
Leads the autonomy evaluation function, owning safety and behavior metrics, log replay and scoring, regression testing, and release criteria for autonomous vehicle software.
What you'll do
- Own evaluation metrics, release go/no-go criteria, log replay and scoring, and regression benchmarking across candidate releases.
- Develop evaluation datasets and test coverage, mine logs for rare events, and ensure reproducible, traceable evaluation at scale.
- Set engineering practices, mentor engineers, and participate in hiring.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or a related field.
- Ownership of a production evaluation system for autonomous vehicles, robotics, or comparable large-scale ML, including accountability for metrics and release decisions.
- Hands-on experience with log replay and ground-truth scoring in open- and closed-loop evaluation, plus evaluation pipelines on large-scale compute.
- Proficiency in Python and ability to read, navigate, and debug existing C++ codebases.
Pay
$185,000 - $242,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, C++, GPU clusters, camera, LiDAR, radar
AI focus
Evaluation of autonomous vehicle and robotics systems, including perception, localization, planning, and controls.
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