Senior Software Systems Validation Engineer

What You’ll Do

• Validate system requirements and contribute to the iteration of software requirements.
• Collaborate with systems engineers and software teams to define system-level validation strategies.
• Design, implement, and execute test scenarios for Zipline’s end-to-end autonomous drone delivery software stack from simulation to full system (flight) test.
• Lead software systems validation strategy, focused on system-level performance, reliability, and safety.
• Build software performance and safety monitors that operate reliably in real-time systems.
• Collaborate with test infrastructure and data platform teams to architect and build frameworks and tools that enable large-scale automated system validation.
• Debug complex validation failures spanning simulation, hardware, firmware, embedded software and application software.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of Software Development, Software Systems Engineering or Software Validation experience working with robotic systems, and deeper experience in at least 1 of the following: Perception, Motion Planning, Navigation, Control or Estimation & Dynamics.
• Experience developing nominal, adversarial, stress and edge case testing for robotics applications.
• Experience working with large data sets in production pipelines.
• Experience root causing failures in complex, autonomous, robotic systems.
• Proficiency in scripting (python, sql) and programming languages for safety critical applications (MISRA C, Rust, C++).
• Bonus: Experience with risk assessment tools and techniques (STPA , HARA).
• Experience with standards DO-178C , ISO26262, ISO 21448, ARP 4761, ARP 4754.
• Background in reliability engineering / statistical validation techniques.
• Experience building software safety and software performance requirements from functional / technical requirements.