Uber

Sr System Engineer - AV Labs

Uber$202K — $224K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in Robotics or Autonomous Systems
  • Strong system thinking skills and problem decomposition abilities
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, Transportation Engineering, Statistics, Computer or Electrical Engineering, or related fields
  • Proficient in Python and Linux environments

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical assessment and benchmark capability of autonomous systems
  • Define and execute integration strategies for hardware and software
  • Develop validation plans to meet performance requirements
  • Create multi-modal metrics for system performance comparison
  • Build safety cases and conduct hazard analyses
  • Act as technical point of contact between internal and external teams
  • Manage technical gating criteria and track issue resolution

Benefits

  • Participation in Uber's bonus program
  • Potential equity awards
  • Eligibility for 401(k) plan
  • Access to various unspecified benefits
Full Job Description
Job Description

About the Role and Team

As a Senior System Engineer, you will be at the forefront of Physical AI, defining high-performance standards and driving rigorous performance evaluations for the autonomous industry. You will move beyond solving isolated problems, building collaborative system design and validation, establishing innovative methodologies that empower our partners to accelerate the safe, reliable, and scalable deployment of autonomous vehicles across global markets.

What you'll do
  • Autonomous Vehicle Evaluation: Lead the technical assessment and capability benchmarking of autonomous systems of our partners. Audit partner performance against Uber AV Labs' safety and efficiency KPIs to validate technology readiness.
  • System Integration Validation: Define and execute the integration strategy for hardware and software. Develop rigorous validation plans to ensure stacks meet interface, throughput, and performance requirements within our data collection fleet.
  • Performance Benchmarking: Develop multi-modal metrics (road vs. simulation) to independently benchmark system performance against human capabilities and internal standards.
    Safety & Compliance Standards: Build safety cases and hazard analyses. Work with different teams to ensure that our partners' fault management logic and minimum risk maneuvers align with our internal safety standards and risk tolerance.
  • Technical Liaison & Roadmap Alignment: Act as the primary technical point of contact between our internal engineering teams and external engineering organizations. Manage technical gating criteria for releases and track issues to resolution to ensure continuous development.

Basic Qualifications
  • 4+ years of working experience in the Robotics or Autonomous Systems industry.
  • Strong system thinking skills with the ability to decompose complex driving capability challenges to practical, scalable solutions.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Transportation Engineering, Statistics, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related fields.
  • Proficiency in Python and Linux environments.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Professional experience in safety critical autonomous systems or PhD research experience in traffic safety.
  • Proven track record of defining release processes and safety criteria for real-world autonomous systems.
  • Hands-on experience with system validation tools with development skills on simulation and data mining.
  • Background in functional safety, SOTIF, Cybersecurity for automotive development.


Responsibilities

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.

About Uber

Uber Entertainment, Inc. is a privately held video game development company headquartered in beautiful downtown Kirkland, WA. Uber is currently developing Planetary Annihilation, a next generation real time strategy game of epic proportions.

Uber Careers

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