← All roles

Fleet Specialist - Night Shift

Waabi· Operations – Road Operations
Apply on company site
Lancaster, TXFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Waabi’s Fleet Specialist on the Night Shift acts as the right-seat software operator, preparing autonomous and manual missions, monitoring on-road system status, and documenting events for engineering teams. This role emphasizes thorough problem-solving, precise documentation, and collaboration with Vehicle Operators during night operations at the Lancaster, TX terminal.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare vehicle systems for manual and autonomous missions: verify the AV release, map name and version, and vehicle compute and controller firmware, update and launch the mission container configuration, and confirm trailer weight and load ID.
  • Send, launch, hold, and end missions in the Waabi App, Jira, and the Linux terminal, and confirm mission data has been offloaded before closing out a mission.
  • Monitor vehicle and autonomy system status from the front right seat, including Foxglove visualizations, and relay system state and upcoming vehicle intent to the Vehicle Operator.
  • Call for a disengagement whenever system information cannot be relayed quickly enough to keep the maneuver safe.
  • Annotate on-road events with specific, descriptive context and categorize disengagements under Waabi’s Safety Risk, Stranding Risk, and Reputational Risk framework.
  • Track and report mission performance including takeovers, dropouts, troubleshooting, and delays, maintaining the standard mission thread format.
  • Complete AV stack pre-trip and post-trip documentation with close-up sensor and hardware photography, and escalate hardware conditions that were not resolved on the prior shift.
  • Manage data drives: check out the required number for the mission profile plus contingency, verify each drive connects, and confirm logs are offloaded.
  • Execute periodic calibration and static validation collects to procedure and document them to the standard template.
  • Check conditions against the Operational Design Domain and verify with Dispatch before engaging or re-engaging near a policy limit.
  • Serve as spotter for backing maneuvers, apply Get Out And Look (G.O.A.L.), and work in parallel with the Vehicle Operator on inspection and hook-up so the crew makes gate time.
  • Move around, under, alongside, and climb on a Class 8 tractor and trailer to inspect and photograph sensors and hardware, and to handle data drives and cabling.
  • Post accurate, timely shift status in Slack, maintain 5-S standards in the bays and garage, and brief Vehicle Operators on software and truck behavior changes before each mission.

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • Prior experience in related operations, logistics, technical support, or vehicle testing preferred.
  • Technical aptitude with comfort at the command line (container logs, device resets, fault handling) and interest in truck compute and sensor systems.
  • Strong written communication and documentation standards.
  • Attention to detail and ability to follow procedures under time pressure.
  • Ability to work in fast-paced, changing environments and to work overnight, late night, weekends, holidays, and extended shifts up to ~14 hours (per DOT regulations), plus overnight travel.
  • Willingness to travel for out-of-area missions, scouting, and testing.
  • Basic computer skills and ability to learn Waabi’s tooling quickly.
  • Passion for self-driving technology and problem-solving.
  • Previous autonomous vehicle, robotics, or vehicle testing experience, plus troubleshooting computer, network, or embedded systems; night shift or 24/7 operations experience are strong plus.
  • Enhanced Pre-trip Inspector (EIP) certification or interest in becoming certified (plus).

Skills

Required:Mission preparation and data managementOn-road monitoring and communicationDisengagement decision-makingDocumentation and reportingData drives managementVehicle inspection and sensor photography

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity awards.
  • Health and wellness benefits including Medical, Dental, and Vision.
  • Paid parental, medical and family care leave.
  • Generous PTO Policy.
  • Retirement savings plans including 401(k) or RRSP options.
  • Health savings account contribution options.
  • Daily drinks, snacks, and catered meals (when in office).
  • Regular team-building activities and social events on-site, off-site, and virtually.
  • Additional country-location tailored benefits.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Waabi

pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks.

Waabi is pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks. We developed a next-generation approach leveraging an end-to-end interpretable and verifiable AI model that’s powered by the industry's most realistic neural simulator. This dramatically reduces the development time and resources needed to bring self-driving vehicles to public roads — safely and at scale.

Autonomous trucksPhysical AIneural simulatorAI modelself-driving vehicles
Company profileWebsite

More open roles at Waabi