Vehicle Software Test Engineer @ PlusAI

About Plus

Plus is a global leader in the autonomous trucking revolution, with award-winning high-performance full-stack driverless technology. Named by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022, Plus is the only autonomous trucking company with customers operating its product on the road today. Working with one of the largest fleet companies in the U.S., vehicle manufacturers, and others, Plus is making long-haul trucking safer, more fuel efficient, more sustainable, and more comfortable for the drivers. Plus has received a number of industry awards and distinctions for its transformative technology and business momentum from Fast Company, Insider, Consumer Electronics Show, AUVSI, and others.

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced software test engineer to lead Validation & Verification (V&V) efforts at Plus by conducting hands-on testing of our autonomous driving stack. In this role, you will also work together with engineering and operations teams to develop and implement closed-course vehicle testing programs. Among your responsibilities will be creating and executing test plans for end-to-end software testing for autonomous driving.

Responsibilities

Lead planning and execution of closed-course autonomous vehicle system testing
Create V&V plans and develop test matrix based on product requirements to thoroughly test autonomy software on-vehicle.
Identify, diagnose, and troubleshoot software errors, including working with Linux, ROS, sensors, actuators, and various log data
Work with engineers to determine how to test different parts of the autonomy stack and report back test failures to management.
Organize and execute field testing to test autonomy software on-vehicle in various environments including closed course.
Execute the test cases based on release milestones.

Required Skills

Experience debugging system behaviors in Linux, ROS, C++, and Python, and identifying software failures caused by hardware sensors
Experience with robotics, automotive or autonomous vehicles
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Robotics
Openness to travel to test sites around the country
2+ years of experience creating and executing test plans for software and hardware systems.
Programming skills for purposes of automated testing and data processing, i.e. scripting, python, C++.

Preferred Skills

Previous experience in V&V at an autonomous vehicle company
Previous experience testing large vehicles in defense, mining, construction, or agriculture
Experience with autonomous driving compute systems, sensors and communication protocols

Perks

Work on industry-leading technologies at an energetic, exciting Silicon Valley startup
Forge the future of autonomous transportation while collaborating with AI experts from around the world
Catered free lunch, unlimited snacks and beverages
Competitive salary and outstanding benefits package