Software Engineer

Triage Operations & Software Development Engineer

Location

Palo Alto, CA

Employment Type

Contract

About the Role

We are seeking an engineer with experience in autonomous vehicle operations, issue triage, and software debugging to support a large-scale autonomous driving platform. This role is ideal for professionals who enjoy investigating complex issues using vehicle logs, sensor data, simulation environments, and software analysis tools. The position combines system-level problem-solving with targeted C++ development work.

Responsibilities

• Analyze autonomous vehicle logs, sensor recordings, video streams, and metadata to identify root causes of issues
• Correlate real-world events with simulation scenarios
• Support regression testing and issue reproduction efforts
• Investigate software defects across perception, planning, and controls systems
• Develop targeted C++ fixes and participate in code reviews
• Collaborate with vehicle operations, simulation teams, and software engineers
• Help prioritize and route issues to appropriate teams

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or related STEM field
• 5+ years of professional experience
• 2+ years of autonomous vehicle issue triage experience
• Strong C++ programming skills
• Experience developing software in production environments
• Strong debugging and root-cause investigation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field
• CI/CD and GitHub Actions experience
• Exposure to machine learning systems