Autonomous Vehicle Triage Engineer (C++), Ship Real Fixes to a Production Self-Driving Stack

<p>๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–++ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜… ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ.</p><p>You will investigate real autonomous vehicle (AV) issues from on-road drives and simulation, find the root cause in a production autonomy codebase, and submit the pull request (PR) that closes it. $50 to $68 per hour, onsite in Palo Alto.</p><p><br></p><p>๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฌ</p><p>Pave Talent is hiring on behalf of our client, a well-established mobility technology company building automated driving and vehicle software with the backing of a global automotive leader. The team is growing, and this role is being added to expand it, not to backfill.</p><p><br></p><p>๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ</p><p>- Engineers who have triaged AV issues and got frustrated handing bugs off instead of fixing them</p><p>- People who can read a drive log, a sensor stream, and a C++ call stack with equal comfort</p><p>- Methodical investigators who can work a problem independently, then explain it clearly to the team that owns it</p><p>- Anyone who wants hands-on time inside perception, planning, and controls code, not just the dashboards around it</p><p>If you triage without writing code, or you write software but not in C++, this is not your role.</p><p><br></p><p>๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—ฌ</p><p>This is a rare two-in-one seat: half detective, half software engineer. You will sit between Vehicle Operations, Simulation Operations, and the core engineering teams (perception, planning, controls, and infrastructure), so you see how the whole self-driving platform fits together and work directly with the engineers who build it. It is a 6-month W2 contract with a possibility of conversion, onsite Monday through Friday.</p><p><br></p><p>๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข</p><p>- Dig through on-road and simulation data (logs, video, sensor data, and metadata) to find, categorize, and prioritize AV issues</p><p>- Match on-road events to simulation scenarios so issues can be reproduced, regression tested, and covered going forward</p><p>- Decide whether a failure lives in the simulation environment and tooling or in the AV stack itself, then route it to the right owner</p><p>- Trace root causes through a large C++ autonomy codebase across perception, planning, and controls modules</p><p>- Write targeted C++ fixes and submit PRs to the production autonomy repository following team contribution standards</p><p>- Give and take code review feedback that keeps the stack stable</p><p>- Keep triage categorization and prioritization consistent so the whole team trusts the queue</p><p><br></p><p>๐—ค๐—จ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—™๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ</p><p>๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ:</p><p>- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) field</p><p>- 2+ years triaging autonomous vehicle issues in on-road or simulation environments</p><p>- Hands-on C++ development in a production environment, including navigating a large codebase and submitting PRs</p><p>- A strong data analysis background (5+ years in data science or a related technical field is the target; exceptional recent STEM graduates with real C++ depth will be considered)</p><p>- Comfortable working through logs, sensor data, and video to isolate a root cause</p><p>- Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship; W2 only, no corp-to-corp (C2C)</p><p>- Local to the Bay Area and able to be onsite in Palo Alto five days a week</p><p>๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€:</p><p>- Master's degree in a related field</p><p>- Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines or GitHub Actions</p><p>- Machine learning (ML) knowledge</p><p><br></p><p>๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—š๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ</p><p>๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†: $50 to $68 per hour, based on experience</p><p>๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜: 6-month W2 contract, with a possibility of conversion</p><p>๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€: Benefits available through the W2 contract</p><p>๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ: Monday through Friday, standard business hours, 40 hours per week, 100% onsite in Palo Alto</p><p>๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Full-time and exclusive; outside concurrent employment is not permitted on this contract</p><p>๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: Typically one onsite interview in Palo Alto, about 1 to 2 hours</p><p><br></p><p>Interested? Apply via LinkedIn and we'll be in touch. Confidential search; your application is fully private.</p><p><br></p><p>๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ | ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ</p>

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