Hardware Test and Validation Engineer (Autonomous Vehicles)

Location: Onsite 5 days a week in Santa Clara, California, United States

Salary: $160,000–$220,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops Level 4 autonomous trucks and autonomous transportation solutions for short-haul, B2B middle-mile logistics.

What you will do

• Create reliability test and validation plans for autonomous vehicle hardware components and subsystems.
• Lead DFMEA activities and organize test campaigns across hardware and vehicle groups.
• Design test profiles using field measurements and requirements, and set up, operate, and maintain test equipment.
• Instrument components, collect and process data using data acquisition systems and vehicle communication protocols.
• Perform internal testing and manage outsourced testing with external vendors.
• Interpret test results, prepare reports, and provide feedback to cross-functional development teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of hardware engineering testing and validation experience, including designing and managing validation plans.
• Hands-on experience in automotive, trucking, aerospace, robotics, or automation.
• Experience defining mechanical and environmental tests for vehicle- or robot-integrated components.
• Experience with CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet, DAQ systems, accelerometers, strain gauges, and thermocouples.
• Experience with HALT testing, CAD tools, and processing test data.

Nice to have

• Experience with camera, ultrasound, lidar, or radar sensor technologies.
• Experience automating workflows or data analysis with macros.
• Familiarity with MATLAB or Python.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on safety, respect, agility, diversity, and inclusion.
• Opportunity to contribute to autonomous transportation and a more resilient, sustainable supply chain.
• Access to cross-functional work involving proprietary autonomous vehicle hardware and software.