AV Safety Data Engineer

Title: AV Safety Data Engineer
Job Type: Contract (W2 Only)
Contract Length: 6 months
Pay Range: $90 - $100/hr
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Onsite - Foster City, CA

About the Opportunity:

Our client, a leader in Automotive Technology, is looking for a skilled AV Safety Data Engineer to join their team for a 6 months engagement. This project involves developing and maintaining robust data infrastructure to surface safety-relevant interactions, assess autonomous vehicle (AV) events, and inform autonomy development through data-driven insights. This is a high-impact role that requires a self-motivated professional who can hit the ground running and deliver results quickly.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables:

This role is focused on the successful completion of specific tasks and deliverables. Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain miners that identify critical safety events and interactions from fleet and simulation data.
• Improve the accuracy and efficiency of existing miners using advanced statistical and ML techniques to ensure high signal quality.
• Build scalable data pipelines and dashboards to monitor miner performance and key safety metrics.
• Conduct exploratory data analyses to uncover trends, failure modes, and opportunities to improve vehicle behavior.
• Triage and assess AV events (system behavior and hardware anomalies) for potential safety/legal/regulatory concerns.
• Develop and maintain clear triage guidelines and criteria for both onshore and offshore teams.

Required Skills & Experience:

We are looking for someone with a proven track record of successful contract engagements. The ideal candidate will have:

• 6+ years of experience working with safety-critical systems in AV, Automotive, or a closely related industry.
• Deep expertise in strong data engineering skills, including data wrangling and building maintainable, scalable, and efficient data pipelines. This isn't a learning role—you need to be a subject matter expert.
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL, with experience using large datasets and distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Databricks).
• Strong understanding of behavioral safety concepts, AV requirements, and the ability to interpret vehicle behavior in real-world contexts.
• Proven ability to design metrics, run analyses, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and manage your own time effectively to meet project goals.
• Strong communication skills to work cross-functionally and clearly communicate technical content to both engineering and non-technical audiences.

W2 only (No C2C or 1099 contractors)

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