Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Evaluation

Stack is at the forefront of developing revolutionary AI and advanced autonomous systems for the trucking transportation industry. Our mission is to enhance safety, reliability, and efficiency in modern operations through cutting-edge advancements in artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, and cloud technologies.

The Autonomy Evaluation team plays a crucial role in measuring the performance of our self-driving system. As a member of this team, you'll be responsible for developing evaluation methods, metrics pipelines, and tooling that directly influence development priorities, system architecture, and operational domain decisions. Your goal will be to provide a reliable, highly differentiable signal for the product development team to optimize and deliver the best possible product.

Key responsibilities include:

• Setting technical direction and aligning stakeholders through strong communication skills
• Staying updated on the latest research in autonomous vehicle performance measurement
• Developing novel methods to overcome limitations in existing performance indicators
• Understanding and improving various autonomy components (localization, perception, prediction, planning, controls)
• Collaborating with teams to design and develop metrics
• Maintaining and improving a cohesive metrics pipeline
• Ensuring product safety through close collaboration with systems engineers
• Optimizing workflows to create an efficient autonomy development experience
• Writing software for offline simulations and performance measure computation

We're looking for candidates with:

• Technical leadership experience in designing and completing multiple projects
• Strong software engineering and algorithm design skills
• Fluency in Python and solid experience with SQL and C++

Join our diverse and inclusive team, where we value entrepreneurship and innovation across all backgrounds. Help us shape the future of autonomous trucking technology at Stack!