PlusAI

Perception Validation Engineer

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1 month ago
Santa Clara, CA, USAMid Level

Base Salary

$140k - $170k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define statistically rigorous validation metrics and performance benchmarks for camera, LiDAR, radar, and sensor-fusion perception systems.
  • Build and maintain scalable automated regression testing pipelines for real-world and synthetic datasets.
  • Oversee high-fidelity ground-truth generation using automated labeling tools, offline perception models, and manual curation.
  • Identify and catalog challenging edge cases, sensor degradations, and long-tail anomalies.
  • Partner with the Perception ML team to investigate validation failures and trace issues to data or algorithmic causes.
  • Collaborate with simulation engineers to develop sensor models and synthetic scenarios for real-world validation.
  • Produce verification and validation reports supporting safety cases, regulatory compliance, and software release readiness.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
  • At least 2 years of professional experience in testing, validation, or development of robotics/autonomous systems or computer vision models.
  • Strong proficiency in Python, particularly NumPy, Pandas, and Pytest, and/or C++.
  • Experience manipulating and visualizing large-scale datasets, querying data with SQL or data lakes, and applying statistical methods to evaluate model performance.
  • Understanding of computer vision, deep learning, and spatial geometry including 3D transformations and coordinate frames.
  • Preferred: experience with ROS or ROS2.
  • Preferred: familiarity with AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, or Kubernetes.
  • Preferred: experience with PyTorch and machine learning validation tools.
  • Preferred: understanding of ISO 26262 or ISO 21448/SOTIF functional safety standards.
  • Preferred: experience with Jenkins or GitHub CI automated testing pipelines.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive salary and benefits package, including a 401(k) plan.
  • Catered free lunch, unlimited snacks, and beverages.
  • Opportunities for personal and professional development in a future-oriented autonomous vehicle company.

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