Autonomous Vehicle Metrics and Evaluation Data Scientist

Job Title: Autonomous Vehicle Metrics and Evaluation Data Scientist - Analytics
Location: Austin, TX
Salary Range: $120,000 - $170,000 Per Year
Job Type: Direct Hire

Sponsorship: Yes, Company provides visa sponsorship

Job Overview

A leading autonomous mobility company seeks a skilled Data Scientist to define and evaluate autonomous vehicle performance metrics. You will analyze real-world and simulated driving data to assess safety, behavior, and passenger comfort, collaborating with engineering teams to drive data-informed improvements. This onsite/hybrid role advances self-driving technology commercialization through rigorous statistical validation and scalable pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze data from real-world and simulated autonomous vehicle experiments to evaluate system performance.
• Develop and refine quantitative metrics, both rule-based and ML-driven, to assess driving behavior, safety, and passenger comfort.
• Apply statistical inference and hypothesis testing to validate metric sensitivity and reliability.
• Collaborate with autonomy software, simulation, and safety teams to prioritize improvements based on data-driven insights.
• Build scalable data pipelines to automate metric computation and reporting.
• Review driving logs and participate in test rides to ground analyses in real-world performance.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in data science, applied statistics, or metrics development.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for data analysis.
• Strong background in statistical methods, such as A/B testing, confidence intervals, and regression.
• Experience designing metrics to evaluate complex systems, like robotics, autonomous systems, or large-scale software.
• Ability to communicate technical findings to cross-functional stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with machine learning, such as model evaluation and feature engineering.
• Familiarity with big data tools like Spark, Hadoop, or Map Reduce.
• Knowledge of traffic regulations or automotive safety standards, such as NHTSA.

Benefits

• Employer-subsidized healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employer-covered disability and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Generous PTO
• Covered lunches and more