Senior System Test Engineer - Simulation
Torc Robotics3 hours ago
Base Salary
$153k - $184k/yr
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute simulation test campaigns for autonomous vehicle verification and validation.
- Develop simulation strategies with Product, Systems, and Safety teams.
- Maintain and improve the scenario library across Abstract, Logical, and Concrete scenarios to support robust operational design domain coverage.
- Identify testing gaps and derive requirements for test tools, simulation environments, and test frameworks.
- Coordinate with internal tools teams and external vendors to evolve simulation and virtual testing toolchains.
- Analyze and triage simulation results and develop dashboards and test reports for stakeholders.
- Support development and integration teams and contribute to the robustness and safety of self-driving technology.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an engineering equivalent with 6+ years of experience, or a master’s degree with 3+ years of experience.
- Experience with virtual testing and simulation of perception and autonomous vehicle behavior.
- Experience developing scenarios compliant with the ASM OpenSCENARIO standard, particularly Abstract and/or Logical Scenarios.
- Experience developing test cases and test procedures.
- Scripting experience in YAML and Python experience for data analysis.
- Experience with software and system troubleshooting, system-level analysis, fault isolation, and identification.
- Proficiency working in a Linux environment.
- Working knowledge of basic probability and linear algebra.
- Experience reporting progress and test results to stakeholders.
- Familiarity with state-of-the-art approaches to autonomous vehicle validation.
- Automotive or similar test and validation experience is a bonus.
- Experience developing and validating sensor models, traffic vehicle models, and vehicle dynamics models is a bonus.
- ROS experience is a bonus.
- Ability to mentor lower-level engineers is a bonus.
About Torc Robotics
Torc Robotics develops autonomous driving software for heavy-duty trucks, offering a full self-driving stack, mapping, and perception for freight carriers and OEMs. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia, it was acquired by Daimler Truck in 2019. As a subsidiary, Torc focuses on commercializing Level 4 trucking with its parent’s vehicle platforms and industry partnerships in North American freight transport.