Summary
What you’ll impact
The Staff V&V Systems Lead will serve as the master architect of the organization’s Verification & Validation framework, overseeing the full V&V lifecycle across simulation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop, track, and public road testing. This role is responsible for ensuring safety case evidence, requirements traceability, and regulatory readiness for driverless commercial operations.
Responsibilities
What you'll do
- End-to-End V&V Strategy: Architect and govern the multi-pillar validation methodology (SIL -> HIL -> Track -> Public Road), ensuring optimal allocation of testing efforts to maximize safety verification efficiency.
- Safety Case Evidence Synthesis: Own the empirical evidence layer of Gatik’s safety case (UL 4600 / ISO 26262), proving that system requirements are fully verified and validated.
- Requirements Traceability (VTM): Build and enforce direct end-to-end traceability between top-level safety requirements, HAZOP/STPA mitigations, test procedures, and test execution results in Jama/Jira.
- Driverless Release Gatekeeping: Serve as a technical sign-off authority for software and fleet updates bound for driverless commercial operations.
- Cross-Pillar Governance: Align testing strategies across Simulation, HIL Bench, Track, and Field Deployment teams to ensure zero gaps in edge-case coverage.
- Regulatory & Audit Readiness: Prepare comprehensive V&V summary packages and present audit-ready validation evidence to internal safety boards and third-party auditors.
Requirements
What you’ll bring
- Education: B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or Aerospace Engineering.
- Experience: 8+ years leading systems verification and validation programs for safety-critical autonomous systems, aerospace, or automotive platforms.
- Mastery of the system V-model development lifecycle and safety standards (ISO 26262, UL 4600, ISO 21448).
- Proven track record leading release gate sign-offs for safety-critical commercial products.
- Mastery of requirement management platforms (Jama, DOORS) and test execution tools.
- Deep understanding of how to balance virtual testing (SIL/HIL) with physical testing (Track/Fleet) to achieve statistical confidence in system safety.
- Direct experience leading the V&V sign-off for a fully commercialized, uncrewed autonomous vehicle system.
- Background managing cross-functional technical teams across hardware, software, and field operations.