At Serve Robotics, we’re reimagining how things move in cities. Our personable sidewalk robot is our vision for the future. It’s designed to take deliveries away from congested streets, make deliveries available to more people, and benefit local businesses.
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The Serve fleet has been delighting merchants, customers, and pedestrians along the way in Los Angeles while doing commercial deliveries. We’re looking for talented individuals who will grow robotic deliveries from surprising novelty to efficient ubiquity.
Who We Are We are tech industry veterans in software, hardware, and design who are pooling our skills to build the future we want to live in. We are solving real-world problems leveraging robotics, machine learning, and computer vision, among other disciplines, with a mindful eye towards the end-to-end user experience. Our team is agile, diverse, and driven. We believe that the best way to solve complicated dynamic problems is collaboratively and respectfully.
Position: Lead Systems Verification & Validation Engineer As a Lead Systems Verification & Validation Engineer, you will be responsible for demonstrating and ensuring that our robot is safe, robust, performant, and meets market and customer needs. You will own the verification and validation of requirements for an autonomous last-mile delivery robot, from building high-level test plans to defining specific test cases and execution strategies. You will collaborate across many teams to define and orchestrate testing and evaluation of this complex system by translating high-level product goals and system requirements into actionable testing strategies.
Responsibilities Lead interdisciplinary teams to define verification & validation plans that ensure all autonomy requirements are satisfied and the delivery of a safe and responsible autonomous robot
Develop novel strategies and methods to verify and validate the autonomy features of an autonomous sidewalk delivery robot, utilizing analysis, simulation, HIL testing, and vehicle testing
Create detailed simulations and structured test plans and procedures
Coordinate the technical and logistical planning of vehicle tests with cross-functional teams, including hardware, firmware, and autonomy groups
Analyze test data, report results, and develop automated tools for data extraction and analysis
Troubleshoot and debug issues related to autonomous behavior, tracing failures to subsystems or software stacks
Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, and results
Support the generation of autonomous vehicle requirements to ensure they are implementable and verifiable
Qualifications B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, Software, or related engineering field
8+ years of experience in systems integration and testing of complex electromechanical and autonomous robotic systems
Experience with verification and validation testing of autonomous/non-autonomous robots at system level, including closed course testing, HIL, and simulation
Proficiency in test scripting and data analysis languages such as Python and SQL
Experience testing ROS or other DDS-based robotic systems
Strong understanding of autonomous vehicle software stacks is highly preferred
Experience translating high-level AV behaviors into testable requirements is preferred
Hands-on approach to testing and debugging electromechanical systems
Excellent communication skills for audiences ranging from technicians to senior executives
Preferred Qualifications M.S. or Ph.D. in Mechanical, Electrical, Software, or related engineering fields
Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals, especially verification & validation methods
Proven experience developing tools and metrics to analyze robotic performance and behavior
Experience in industries such as autonomous vehicles, medical robotics, aerospace, or automated systems
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