V&V Engineer, Mechanical

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

• V&V Execution and Quality Assurance
  • Characterize the vehicle and derive mechanical requirements, decomposing them to module and component level with bidirectional traceability to test evidence.
  • Own the mechanical DVP&R - plan and execute functional and  performance testing, including vibration, shock, thermal, environmental, on prototypes and production-intent hardware. Build and maintain custom fixturing as necessary.
  • Identify and troubleshoot mechanical functionality, compatibility, and performance issues; lead root cause analysis and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with design, systems, quality and software engineers to integrate mechanical V&V and Design for Test (DfT) into the wider program.
  • Document and present test results and recommendations to design teams and program leadership to drive improvements.
• Regulatory Compliance and Certification
  • Manage all aspects of Compliance Testing and Certification while adhering to ISO 26262 and UL 4600.
  • Plan and execute critical compliance tests in accordance with standards such as SAE J1455, ISO 16750, UL, CE, IEC and various OEM standards.
• Certification Management
  • Coordinate with external accredited laboratories for pre-compliance and formal certification testing.
  • Oversee the analysis of test failures, perform root cause analysis on non-compliance issues, and maintain all detailed test reports, compliance logs, and documentation required for certification.
• Process and Toolchain Development
  • Build and evolve Waabi's mechanical V&V methodology, lab capability, and toolchain.
  • Assess a new OEM's DV/PV process quickly and advise leadership on level of effort, complexity, and cost relative to Waabi's.

• 5 + years in an Mechanical V&V role, preferably automotive or heavy vehicle.
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering
• Understand all aspects of an automotive DV/PV process.
• Deep understanding of the automotive PPAP process.
• Working knowledge with automotive APQP.
• Experience working directly with Automotive OEMs, Tier 1 & 2 suppliers.
• “On your feet” knowledge of International automotive environmental and safety standards, including ASTM B117, SAE J1455, or MIL-STD-810.
• Working knowledge of AEC standards.
• Ability to adjust V&V Process to support various OEMs.
• Direct experience characterizing vehicles to set environmental requirements for new projects or OEMs.

• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Technical experience in developing self-driving vehicles.
• Experience with the NRTL (UL) and CE certification.
• Experience with SolidWorks, ANSYS, Polarion.
• Experience designing and building HIL test benches and automating regression testing.
• Accelerated life testing, HALT/HASS, and Weibull or reliability demonstration analysis.
• Ability to perform risk analysis and prevention, FMEA, FTA, RCA, FEA.
• Experience with CANbus, Python, Shell, Unix OS.