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Staff Vehicle Test Engineer

ALSO· Technology Platform Engineering
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Palo Alto$190k - $225kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

ALSO is hiring a Vehicle Test Engineer to define and support reliability, durability, and feature testing for their electric mobility vehicles.

Responsibilities

  • Define, create, and drive execution of overall vehicle durability/environmental test targets, working cross-functionally with systems and sub-systems engineering teams
  • Support test planning and execution for fleet-based validation activities to drive edge case extraction, localized product use testing, and data ingestion
  • Support the definition and realization of KPIs to drive product use metrics
  • Support vehicle integration and measurement equipment setup, configuration, and operation
  • Drive vehicle-level testing for software features, performance, functionality, and stability
  • Drive traceability and directly support defect triage and management
  • Support planning and execution of vehicle tests to identify and align on homologation topics

Qualifications

  • BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
  • 5+ years of professional experience in systems test engineering, vehicle testing, or vehicle durability testing
  • Experience with instrumentation and data collection, e.g., accelerometers, strain gauges, force transducers, fleet ops, data logging equipment, and signal conditioning
  • Core understanding of systems engineering processes and methods
  • Experience testing vibration, shock, thermal cycling, high temperature and humidity, and corrosion
  • Experience with homologation and durability testing
  • Familiarity with requirements management tools such as JAMA, and planning and organization tools such as JIRA/Confluence
  • Working knowledge of automotive communication protocols (CAN, CAN FD, SPI) and Vector tools
  • Comfortable riding two-wheeled vehicles of various speeds and power levels

Skills

Required:Durability testingInstrumentation and data collectionSystems engineeringAutomotive communication protocolsHomologation knowledgeTest planning and execution
Nice to have:Requirements management toolsProject tracking tools

Benefits

  • Robust health coverage — excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO with FSA & HSA options
  • One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates
  • Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny
  • Flexible time off
  • 401(k) match
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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