Staff AI Systems Engineer - Autonomous Driving

Job overview

The Staff AI Systems Engineer - Autonomous Driving role is onsite in Sunnyvale, CA. Compensation is $185,000–$215,000 per year, plus annual corporate and long-term incentive bonuses. The engineer supports Bosch’s work to advance autonomous vehicles and future mobility. The role sets technical direction for AI-focused systems engineering and testing frameworks, helping teams identify failures and improve validation of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and autonomous driving technologies. It builds scalable analytics and automated diagnostics that support safer, more reliable vehicle software and global research and development teams.

What you'll do

• Architect failure triage and automated root-cause analysis for large-scale simulation and vehicle logs
• apply AI and machine learning methods to isolate failure modes
• integrate triage into continuous integration, regression testing, and cloud replay pipelines
• establish log data and analytics practices
• partner with autonomy, validation, and cloud teams to integrate diagnostics into research and development workflows.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

staff ai systems engineer

autonomous driving

adas

ai/ml

python

c++

root cause analysis

simulation testing

sunnyvale ca

$185k–$215k per year

bosch group

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Premium health coverage
• 401(k) with matching
• financial planning resources
• paid time off
• parental leave
• life and disability protection
• annual corporate and long-term incentive bonuses.

Why this role

Requires a master’s degree, Ph.D., or equivalent practical experience; five or more years of relevant engineering experience; two or more years guiding technical direction; and expert Python and C++ proficiency. Preferred experience includes LLMs/VLMs, autonomous driving architectures, simulation testing, and distributed data tools.

About the employer

Bosch Group is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing. Sector: 33.