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Principal Engineer – Team Lead, Behavior Safety & Metrics

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. Lead evaluation initiatives across Prediction and Planning .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $240,000 - $330,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in defining and implementing evaluation strategies for autonomous driving systems, with a strong foundation in probability, statistics, and data science. Proven ability to lead cross-disciplinary initiatives, ensuring stakeholder engagement and adherence to safety and performance standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Python ProficiencyData Analysis ExpertiseHazard Analysis MethodsAutonomous Robotics EvaluationStatistical And ML Methods

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Hard Skills
ProbabilityStatisticsData SciencePerformance Targets DefinitionAcceptance Criteria DevelopmentTechnical Problem SolvingData Pipeline DevelopmentCounterfactual ReasoningReaction Time AnalysisAdvanced Metrics Design
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationCollaboration Across TeamsStakeholder EngagementLeadership
Tools & Technologies
SQLData Visualization ToolsMachine Learning FrameworksSimulation ToolsData Mining Tools
Industry Keywords
Autonomous DrivingSafety AnalysisSOTIFISO 26262UL4600AVSC Behavior CompetenciesWaymo Open DatasetNuScenesTrajectory ForecastingMotion Planning

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead evaluation initiatives across Prediction and Planning
  • Define how autonomous driving behavior is measured, understood, and improved
  • Act as the central authority on evaluation for Behavior teams
  • Drive evaluation strategy for prediction and planning models, including open-loop and simulation-based assessments
  • Design and implement advanced metrics for end-to-end model evaluation and system behavior
  • Incorporate counterfactual reasoning and reaction time analysis into evaluation frameworks
  • Develop data-mining strategy and assess training and evaluation dataset coverage
  • Build tooling and pipelines and identify process gaps
  • Collaborate with machine learning engineers, roboticists, Safety, Infrastructure, Operations, Legal, and Systems teams
  • Drive design improvements and ensure features positively affect system safety, comfort, and assertiveness and meet launch criteria
  • Influence development, evaluation, and deployment of next-generation autonomous driving capabilities

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of experience in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Robotics, or a similar technical field (or Master’s/PhD and 5+ years of experience)
  • Strong foundation in probability/statistics, data science, and scientific rigor applied to complex, multi-agent systems
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data analysis (visualization, statistics) in production environments
  • Experience defining performance targets and acceptance criteria spanning safety, comfort, and assertiveness, producing analysis and evidence to justify them
  • Demonstrated ability to tackle technical challenges, analyze cross-disciplinary problems, and propose innovative, maintainable solutions
  • Proven ability to lead initiatives, drive alignment, and ensure stakeholder engagement throughout the development process
  • Working expertise in hazard and safety analysis methods such as STPA, HAZOP, FMEA, and hazard analysis and risk assessment
  • Experience using statistical and ML methods to quantify performance, detect regressions, and reveal patterns of system behavior at scale
  • Deep experience with Prediction and/or Planning for autonomous robotics, including evaluating ML-based systems in production environments
  • Experience with public AV datasets and benchmarks such as Waymo Open Dataset and nuScenes
  • Deep understanding of standard industry metrics for trajectory forecasting and motion planning
  • Prior experience using or building data pipelines at scale
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across distributed teams
  • Familiarity with SOTIF, ISO 26262, UL4600, and AVSC behavior competencies and other industry standards
  • Candidates must satisfy U.S. employment eligibility verification requirements through E-Verify

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401k with a company match
  • Health saving accounts
  • Life insurance
  • Pet insurance
  • Additional compensation may include a bonus or company equity
  • Inclusive and diverse work environment