Software Engineer I (Autonomous Vehicles)

TL;DR

Software Engineer I - Metrics for Release (Python/AWS): Building cloud-based data pipelines and evaluation services for Level 4 autonomous semi-trucks with an accent on safety metrics, telemetry processing, and release validation. Focus on analyzing large-scale vehicle data, designing automated testing workflows, and investigating reliability issues in safety-critical systems.

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan; Blacksburg, Virginia; or Fort Worth, Texas

Salary: $114,400–$137,300 USD

Company

Develops Level 4 autonomous semi-truck software and technologies for safer, more reliable freight transportation.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain AWS-based pipelines processing vehicle telemetry and validation data.
• Write Python services for safety and performance metric computation.
• Analyze truck-generated data, logs, anomalies, and large-scale datasets to identify system signals and pipeline issues.
• Support release validation logic and automated testing workflows.
• Collaborate with systems, validation, and autonomy teams to define KPIs and metrics.
• Participate in code reviews and deliver reliable, maintainable software.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field with 0–4 years of experience, or a related master’s degree.
• Strong Python programming experience.
• Familiarity with data processing, data pipelines, or large datasets.
• Basic understanding of cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS services such as S3, Lambda, ECS, or Step Functions.
• Basic understanding of statistics, data analysis, or metric computation.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Exposure to robotics, autonomous systems, or sensor data processing.
• Experience with telemetry, event data, or time-series datasets.
• Familiarity with Temporal, Airflow, or AWS Step Functions.
• Experience with automated testing, validation pipelines, or safety-critical systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on production-grade autonomous driving software focused on safety and reliability.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional autonomy, systems, and validation teams.
• Contribute to high-reliability systems and data-driven release decisions.

Hiring process

• Participate in code reviews and technical collaboration as part of the engineering process.