General Motors
Autonomous Vehicle Test Engineer
$98K–$150K
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- 2–4 years overall in automotive, consumer, or AV engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, or related field) or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Plans, executes, and reports on autonomous vehicle scenario, regression, and system validation testing, including issue triage and test documentation.
What you'll do
- Run defined AV test scenarios and verification tasks while following safety procedures and acceptance criteria.
- Triage basic software and hardware issues, analyze vehicle and autonomy data, and report findings for defect tracking and validation.
- Maintain test cases, results, and traceability; support test tools and cross-functional test pipelines.
What they ask for
- 2–4 years overall in automotive, consumer, or AV engineering experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, or related field) or equivalent practical experience.
- Working knowledge of integration processes, validation methods, and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Foundational troubleshooting, data analysis, and test result reporting skills.
Nice to have
- Testing AV systems/robotics or equivalent internships/co-op/project experience; vehicle or subsystem integration experience.
- Exposure to software-defined vehicle platforms; Level 2 driving certification or ability to obtain.
Pay
$98,300 to $150,200 USD (base salary)
Tools
Vector, Intrepid, INCA, d-Space, Jira, Confluence, CAN, Ethernet
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