Lead Validation Engineer
AIM
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Seattle • Washington • United States
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About the role
- Own the system that ensures AIM’s autonomy works reliably, safely, and predictably in the real world.
- Define the end-to-end validation strategy across simulation, software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), proving ground (PG), and field deployments.
- Establish the test pyramid, shifting validation earlier in development.
- Define validation coverage across system behaviors, environmental conditions, and Operational Design Domain (ODD).
- Ensure validation scales through automation, replay systems, and data-driven testing.
- Build systems that enable engineers to validate their own work, including automated test frameworks, simulation and replay systems, data capture and labeling pipelines, and validation dashboards.
- Validate interactions across perception, planning, controls, and hardware systems.
- Define validation strategies for PG and field deployments and capture real-world data.
- Define validation gates for feature releases, system releases, and customer deployments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Systems, Robotics, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Experience in system-level validation, test engineering, or reliability engineering
- Experience validating complex systems integrating hardware, software, and autonomy
- Strong experience designing validation strategies and frameworks
- Hands-on experience debugging system-level failures
- Experience in robotics, autonomy, or safety-critical systems (preferred)
- Experience building validation infrastructure, simulation, or replay systems (preferred)
- Experience with functional safety validation (preferred)
- Experience scaling validation from prototype to production (preferred)
- Experience with real-world field deployments (preferred)
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
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