# Autonomous Vehicle Test Specialist – San Francisco at Polymath Robotics

- Company: Polymath Robotics (YC S22)
- What the company does: General Autonomy for Industrial Vehicles. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.polymathrobotics.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $70K to $100K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-12
- Apply by: 2026-11-26
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/polymath-robotics/jobs/KcVZbqK-autonomous-vehicle-test-specialist-san-francisco?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/polymath-robotics-autonomous-vehicle-test-specialist-san-francisco/

## About the role

Polymath builds autonomy software for industrial off-road vehicles, such as wheel loaders, haul trucks, cranes and excavators, deployed at steel mills, mines and farms. Each vehicle is retrofitted with drive-by-wire, sensors and compute, so a build validated on one haul truck carries no guarantee on the next. Every vehicle has to pass the same acceptance tests as the first before it goes into customer operation. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years of hands-on test execution on physical robots or autonomous systems, such as mobile robots, AVs, industrial robots or drones
- Experience with long-duration reliability testing (MTBF, soak tests) and KPI tracking across builds
- Disciplined documentation habits, with defect reports engineers can act on without follow-up
- Comfortable with Linux and basic command-line tooling. Familiarity with ROS or rosbags is a plus
- Willing to hold firm on a defect when engineering pushes back, and to bring the data that settles it

Tags: Engineering

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