Senior Planning & Control Engineer, Validation & Evaluation

Company Introduction

Bot Auto is revolutionizing the transportation industry by developing fully autonomous Class 8 commercial motor vehicles. The proprietary technology that fuels our autonomous driving system represents our core intellectual property, requiring best-in-class security measures and leadership.

Role Overview

Responsibilities

Design and implement validation algorithms and metrics for planning and control performance (safety, comfort, efficiency, compliance).

• Build and maintain scalable evaluation pipelines for offline and closed-loop testing.


• Analyze failures and regressions, identify root causes, and drive algorithm improvements.


• Partner closely with planning, control, simulation, and safety teams to validate new capabilities before release.


• Provide technical leadership on validation methodology and best practices.

Qualifications

• Experience validating autonomous systems, robotics, or other safety-critical software.


• Ability to reason about system-level behavior using large-scale real-world data.

Nice to Have