Systems Engineer - Behavior Verification

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Systems Engineer - Behavior Verification based in Canada.

Join an innovative autonomous transportation technology environment at the forefront of Physical AI, where advanced engineering and safety-focused innovation are transforming the future of mobility. As a Systems Engineer specializing in Behavior Verification, you will play a critical role in ensuring autonomous driving systems meet rigorous on-road performance and safety standards before software releases are approved. You will design and maintain comprehensive scenario-based test sets, establish verification criteria, and validate the quality of the evidence used to assess autonomous vehicle behavior.

Working closely with teams across simulation, motion planning, safety, evaluation, and platform engineering, you will help identify behavioral deficiencies and strengthen the reliability of autonomous systems. Your work will directly influence release decisions, ensuring that software advancements are supported by robust, measurable evidence. This is an exciting opportunity for a rigorous, analytical engineer who thrives in complex technical environments and is passionate about building safer autonomous transportation systems.

• Design comprehensive verification strategies: Develop, structure, and document scenario-based test sets that assess autonomous driving behavior, ranging from minimum release requirements to comprehensive performance evaluations.
• Govern software release readiness: Define and execute scenario validity checks, review test set quality, and approve or reject test sets before they are used to evaluate software releases.
• Maintain test data quality: Establish continuous quality feedback processes for scenarios, taggers, graders, and the taxonomies supporting behavior verification, ensuring that test artifacts remain accurate, consistent, and trustworthy.
• Translate requirements into measurable criteria: Collaborate with Behavior Requirements teams to convert behavioral expectations into clear, testable acceptance criteria, performance targets, and formally agreed verification standards.
• Investigate behavioral deficiencies: Analyze identified failures, search for additional instances, quantify the system's exposure to relevant scenarios, and feed missed issues back into the verification pipeline as test escapes.
• Distinguish software failures from simulation limitations: Determine whether observed behavioral issues represent genuine system deficiencies or simulation artifacts, and communicate simulation fidelity gaps to the appropriate engineering teams.
• Coordinate cross-functional verification activities: Work closely with motion planning, simulation, evaluation, operations, safety methodology, and platform teams to align interfaces, responsibilities, and verification processes.
• Define verification phases and cadence: Establish appropriate testing frequencies and verification requirements for daily software releases, significant exposure increases, and other critical development milestones.
• Strengthen release decision-making: Provide clear, evidence-based assessments of autonomous driving performance to support decisions about software readiness, risk, and release progression.
• Improve verification processes: Identify gaps in test coverage, refine test strategies, and contribute to the development of scalable verification methodologies as the team and technology evolve.

• Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant engineering or technical discipline, such as Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Advanced Controls, Aerospace…