Senior/Staff Verification & Validation Engineer

The posting, as Glydways wrote it

Who we are

Glydways is reimagining what public transit can be. We believe that mobility is the gateway to opportunity—connecting people to housing, education, employment, commerce, and care. By making transportation more accessible, affordable, and sustainable, we empower communities to thrive and unlock economic and social prosperity.

Our mission is to revolutionize transit with a solution that delivers high capacity, exceptional user experiences, unmatched affordability, and minimal environmental impact.

The Glydways system is a groundbreaking network of carbon-neutral, interconnected transit pathways powered by standardized autonomous vehicles on dedicated roadways. Operating 24/7 with on-demand access, it offers personalized and efficient mobility—without the burden of heavy upfront infrastructure costs or ongoing taxpayer subsidies.

With Glydways, we’re building more than a transportation system; we’re creating a future where everyone, everywhere, has the freedom to move.

Meet the team

At Glydways, the Test Engineering team is responsible for proving that our integrated autonomous transit system is safe, reliable, and ready for real-world operation.

We work across autonomy, vehicle hardware, embedded software, systems engineering, safety, infrastructure, operations, manufacturing, quality, and deployment teams. Our work spans simulation, lab testing, vehicle testing, test-track operations, production acceptance, and project-site commissioning.

This role focuses on turning requirements and operational scenarios into repeatable system tests, including tests that prove new features work as intended and End-of-Line (EOL) tests that confirm vehicles or configured items are ready before release, shipment, rework closure, or deployment.

Role Overview

We are seeking a System Test Engineer who can develop rigorous, repeatable tests for integrated autonomous transit behavior and production acceptance.

This role is ideal for someone who can translate product goals, safety needs, operational concepts, and system requirements into concrete test scenarios, executable procedures, measurable pass/fail criteria, and clear technical conclusions. You will help build the bridge between engineering intent and demonstrated system evidence.

You will work on scenario-based testing for integrated system behavior as well as End-of-Line (EOL) and post-rework testing for vehicles, subsystems, and configured assets. You should be comfortable working hands-on with vehicles, logs, test procedures, issue records, requirements, and cross-functional teams.

We are open to candidates across a range of experience levels, from strong mid-level engineers through staff-level technical leaders. Scope and title will be calibrated based on experience. More senior candidates will be expected to own larger test suites, improve test strategy and process, mentor others, and represent test evidence in readiness and release discussions.

This role will include hands-on
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ration control, and disciplined defect management.

• Ability to analyze logs, telemetry, test data, and system behavior using tools such as Python, dashboards, log viewers, notebooks, or equivalent analysis environments.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and communicate technical risk, test outcomes, and blockers clearly.

Preferred

• Experience with autonomous vehicles, automated transit systems, railway systems, robotics, aerospace, automotive Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, or other safety-critical mobility platforms.
• Experience developing production acceptance, End-of-Line (EOL), commissioning, or post-rework verification tests for complex electromechanical systems.
• Familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop testing, software-in-the-loop testing, simulation frameworks, automated regression frameworks, or continuous integration-driven test execution.
• Experience with requirements, issue-tracking, or lifecycle tools such as Jama, DOORS, Polarion, Systems Modeling Language, Jira, GitHub, or equivalent tools.
• Experience building reusable test automation, data-analysis tools, dashboards, report-generation workflows, or other practical engineering tools that made a test program more effective.
• Ability to read, modify, or write C/C++ for embedded systems, test harnesses, or low-level debugging.

*This is an in-person position based in Richmond, CA
**The pay range for this position at commencement of employment in California is expected in the range below.

$135,000 - $200,000 USD plus stock options, commensurate with experience.
Glydways provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.