Waabi is a Toronto-based Physical AI company developing a single, verifiable AI brain and neural simulator for autonomous trucks and robotaxis.
Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech. With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai A strong focus will be on: - Creating verification plans for autonomous vehicle subsystems based on requirements. - Developing and maintaining test infrastructure including simulation, Continuous Integration (CI) and analytics dashboards. - Automated test execution and reporting. You will… - Own the verification of autonomy platform software against requirements and define ways to evaluate them efficiently and effectively. - Act as a central point of contact for verification of code modules including localization, motion planning and control. - Define necessary improvements for our highly realistic simulator to effectively verify autonomous platform aspects under all required conditions. - Own the writing and tracking of tests and test executions in line with company project milestones. - Create statistical analysis methods to inspect platform performance across large datasets. - Implement tools and methodologies to streamline and automate the Waabi platform verification processes. - Work closely with multiple engineering teams to validate AV software releases before physical deployment. - Bring an in-depth understanding of sensors, compute and actuators used in self-driving systems. Qualifications: - Bachelors in an engineering discipline (MS/PhD preferred) with 3+ years of experience in automotive, robotics, or a related industry. - Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions. - Proven experience in systems engineering, verification and validation (V&V), and working with requirements and metrics. - Knowledge of the typical autonomous vehicle stack. - Experience in verification of complex systems. - Strong fundamentals in mathematics, engineering and physics and basic understanding of vehicle dynamics. - Strong software development skills (Python, C++, or Rust) with proficiency in data analysis and statistics. - Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions Bonus/nice to have: - Experience developing and launching products in the autonomous vehicle or robotics industries. - Experience with high-fidelity simulation systems. - Experience building software systems from scratch.