Validation Software Engineer at Phantom AI in Mountain View, CA

About Phantom AI

At Phantom AI, we’re on a mission to redefine vehicle safety and autonomy. Our System & Validation Team builds the tools and infrastructure to ensure our products meet the highest reliability, performance, and safety standards. We’re looking for a software engineer who thrives at the intersection of software design, machine learning, data science, and simulation.

 

What You’ll Do

• Simulation: Improve the efficiency, reliability, and trustworthiness of our simulation framework(HILS and SILS). Our simulations replay real-world sensor and vehicle data into the vision software running on actual boards, enabling deterministic validation of behavior and decision-making.
  
• Data Logging & Telemetry: Design and maintain high-throughput logging services to capture raw sensor data (Camera, Radar, LiDAR) and vehicle bus data (CAN/Ethernet). Ensure data integrity and time synchronization across distributed systems
• Optimize & Scale: Enhance the performance and scalability of our evaluation frameworks.
• Build Validation Infrastructure: Design, develop, and maintain tools for data collection, data processing, simulation, evaluation, visualization, and analysis.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Work closely with ML researchers, perception engineers, and vehicle test engineers to translate requirements into robust vision software.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

Must‑Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 2+ years of experience delivering complex, production-quality software
• Expert-level Python skills and solid software‑design experience
• Proficiency with Git and familiarity with C++
• Comfortable on Linux: command‑line fluency, Bash scripting, and debugging
• Working knowledge of ROS (preferably ROS 2)
• Hands-on experience with HILS, SILS, or board-level simulation system setup and maintenance
• Experience with vehicle communication protocols (CAN, Ethernet) and data logging workflows

Nice‑to‑Haves

• Hands‑on experience in ADAS, computer vision, autonomous driving, or robotics
• Working knowledge of OpenCV
• Knowledge of hardware debugging and electrical/electronic system integration
• Master’s degree or higher in a relevant area

 

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Impact: Your code directly contributes to making roads safer for millions of drivers.
• Growth: Collaborate with experts in ML, simulation, and automotive testing—and expand your skillset across domains.
• Culture: Join a tight‑knit team that values innovation, curiosity, and continuous learning.

 

Work Type

Hybrid - Phantom AI follows this type of working experience to allow employees the flexibility to work weekly at the office 4x and from home 1x. (subject to change in the future)

Benefits:

• Annual Salary: $120,000-$160,000
• Medical, Dental, and vision coverage
• Office snacks & reimbursable meals*
• Paid Time Off 
• FSA
• 401K

Equal Opportunity for Diversity & Inclusion

Phantom AI 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.