Field Test Engineer
Glydways
Software Engineering, Quality Assurance
San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Monday, November 20, 2023
Who we are:
At Glydways, we believe that mobility is a basic human right. Low-cost and ubiquitous access to affordable housing, employment, education, commerce and care lead to economic and social prosperity. As such our goal is to provide:
Public transit with the highest capacity, the best user experience, the lowest cost, and the lowest carbon footprint.
Our solution is a system of interconnected, profitable, and carbon footprint neutral transportation networks that uses standardized autonomous vehicles and a closed roadway. Together, they provide a 24/7 on-demand private mobility service without burdening the public with heavy upfront costs or annual system subsidies.
Meet the team:
The Glydways Systems, Safety, and Test team is responsible for ensuring a safe, performant Glydways product. The position of Field Test Engineer will be a crucial part of our test and V&V efforts, handling the creation, planning, organization, executional oversight, analysis, and reporting of critical real-world test elements.
This individual will be responsible for working with teams across the Glydways organization.
At Glydways, we believe that mobility is a basic human right. Low-cost and ubiquitous access to affordable housing, employment, education, commerce and care lead to economic and social prosperity. As such our goal is to provide:
Public transit with the highest capacity, the best user experience, the lowest cost, and the lowest carbon footprint.
Our solution is a system of interconnected, profitable, and carbon footprint neutral transportation networks that uses standardized autonomous vehicles and a closed roadway. Together, they provide a 24/7 on-demand private mobility service without burdening the public with heavy upfront costs or annual system subsidies.
Meet the team:
The Glydways Systems, Safety, and Test team is responsible for ensuring a safe, performant Glydways product. The position of Field Test Engineer will be a crucial part of our test and V&V efforts, handling the creation, planning, organization, executional oversight, analysis, and reporting of critical real-world test elements.
This individual will be responsible for working with teams across the Glydways organization.
- Systems, Safety & Test: Ensuring that field-test and V&V efforts are aligned with safety aspects, requirements sets, and applicable standards and regulations
- Track operations team: Ensuring that operators, technicians, and other track personnel are aligned with field-test and V&V efforts, while providing track-test oversight in needed areas
- Software and Hardware development teams: Ensuring that developers are enabled to execute critical development and bring-up testing as the Glydways system matures
- Program, Project, and organization efforts: Ensuring that field-test and V&V efforts are prioritized and aligned with organization milestones, both internal and external
- Coverage of real-world, test-engineering needs for Glydways development and V&V efforts
- Form partnerships with developers and other stakeholders in order to produce efficient and effective track tests
- Assist in building out formal V&V coverage involving real-world test needs, while acting as a primary point of contact for track-related V&V activities
- Coordinate with Systems, Safety, and other stakeholders to ensure proper V&V coverage and prioritization
- Creation of test cases, test plans, test procedures, test analysis, and test reporting for both formal V&V and development-test efforts
- Executional oversight of track test activities, with a focus on safety, fidelity, efficiency, and communication
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering or computer science field, or equivalent experience
- 3-5 years of experience working in real-world, safety-critical test environments (test tracks, test labs, etc.)
- Knowledge of robotics, autonomy, and transportation systems, or relevant complex integrated systems
- Strong ability to plan, organize, execute, and report on a large volume of tests spanning multiple system elements and teams
- Ability to troubleshoot both hardware and software issues
- Ability to clearly translate stakeholder needs into effective and efficient test-based solutions
- Strong communication and organizational skills