Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Autonomous Vehicles

What they’re looking for

• 8+ years experience in autonomous vehicle systems development, perception engineering, motion planning, or AI/ML for L4-5 autonomous systems.
• Deep familiarity with autonomous vehicle sensor modalities (camera, LiDAR, radar) and their data characteristics including the long-tail distribution and edge case challenges central to L4-5 development.
• Hands-on ML capability: able to build, validate, and deploy ML solutions independently in Python using modern ML frameworks.
• Proficient in working directly in JupyterHub, VS Code, Marimo, and W&B Models to build and deploy customer-facing applications.
• Working knowledge of ML approaches relevant to autonomous systems: perception, object detection, motion prediction, closed-loop simulation, or anomaly detection in autonomous system logs.
• Able to validate ML solutions on engineering grounds and identify when a result is inconsistent with the physical or safety constraints of the domain.
• Proven experience leading complex technical customer engagements, managing multi-stakeholder environments, and maintaining executive relationships.
• Strong understanding of the autonomous vehicle development pipeline, including closed-loop simulation, scenario-based testing, and data driven approaches to safety case validation.
• Able to translate field observations into structured product signals that are actionable for an engineering team.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
• Knowledge of functional safety standards including ISO 26262 and SOTIF.
• Experience with simulation environments used in autonomous vehicle development (CARLA, LGSVL or similar).
• Familiarity with edge deployment of ML models in constrained or safety-critical environments.
• Experience identifying and progressing expansion opportunities within strategic customer accounts.

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Skills mentioned

Component & hardware replacement · Customer communication · Commissioning testing (L1–L5)