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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Consultant AD-Validation Project Management - SAE Level 4 Automated Driving & E2E AI Systems - **Company:** P3 global GmbH - **Location:** Hamburg, Germany - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Continuous Integration, Machine Learning, ISO/IEC 15504, Sensor Fusion, Systems Architecture, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Lidar, Data Pipelines - **Published:** August 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.xing.com/jobs/hamburg-consultant-ad-validation-project-management-sae-level-4-automated-driving-e2e-ai-systems-157178765 ## About the Role * You hold a university degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field. * You demonstrate a solid understanding of AI/ML concepts for autonomous driving, including E2E vision-heavy approaches, data-driven development, and AI-specific validation challenges. * You possess a deep understanding of the validation challenges of SAE Level 4 automated driving systems, including ODD definition, scenario coverage, residual risk assessment, safety case development, and evidence-based release decisions. * You have hands-on experience with simulations, SiL, and HiL testing, ideally integrated into automated CI/CD environments. * You bring a strong technical understanding of AD system architectures, including modular pipelines, E2E AI models, and hybrid architectures, as well as their impact on validation strategy and safety argumentation. * You have practical knowledge of camera, radar, and lidar sensor characteristics, sensor fusion principles, calibration, synchronization, degradation effects, and typical failure modes relevant for AD validation. * You have a proven track record in high-reliability industries (automotive, aerospace, medical), with deep exposure to ASPICE, ISO 26262, SOTIF, and homologation processes. * You demonstrate strong analytical and structuring skills to translate abstract safety, regulatory, and AI risks into concrete validation strategies. * You are able to work proactively and independently in agile, cross-functional teams, lead validation initiatives, and align multiple internal and external stakeholders. ## Description The unique aspect of our management consultancy lies in the mindset of our employees: curious, adventurous and innovative. P3 consultants take on responsibility for clients early on in the areas of management consulting, diverse technology topics and scalable IT solutions. Make a project your project. Openness to new, innovative and unconventional approaches, short decision-making processes, respectful cooperation and fruitful synergies make us a diverse, unbeatable team and successful company - worldwide. Contact WHAT YOU'LL DO * You lead and structure SAE Level 4 autonomous driving validation programs across the full development lifecycle, from concept phase to series readiness, homologation and operations. * You define and operationalize holistic validation strategies for E2E AI-based AD systems, combining scenario-based testing, data-driven validation, simulation, and real-world testing. * You translate regulatory, safety and quality requirements (ASPICE, ISO 26262, SOTIF, homologation, ISO PAS 8800) into executable validation concepts, KPIs and release criteria. * You analyze the validation implications of key AD system components, including camera, radar, lidar, sensor fusion, localization, prediction, planning, control, data pipelines and runtime monitoring. * You analyze and orchestrate SiL, HiL, MiL and vehicle-level testing and ensure seamless integration into automated CI/CD pipelines. * You drive scalable validation approaches for AI models (including coverage metrics, corner-case detection, data curation strategies, and confidence arguments). * You define AI model validation KPIs and acceptance thresholds, including scenario coverage, ODD coverage, perception and planning performance, uncertainty calibration, robustness, latency, temporal consistency, rare-event behavior and regression stability. * You align validation scope and evidence with Type Approval and AD Safety Management Systems (AD-SMS). * You act as central interface between AI development teams, system engineers, toolchain providers, test organizations, and external stakeholders (e.g. authorities, partners, suppliers). * You manage stakeholders at program and management level, including reporting, risk management, decision preparation and escalation. * You proactively identify validation risks related to AI behavior, operational design domain (ODD) boundaries, and system interactions. ## Related Videos - [How to develop an autonomous car end-to-end: Robotic Drive and the mobility revolution](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/22-how-to-develop-an-autonomous-car-end-to-end-robotic-drive-and-the-mobility-revolution) - [Robots 2.0: When artificial intelligence meets steel](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1452-robots-2-0-when-artificial-intelligence-meets-steel) - [Automated Driving - Why is it so hard to introduce](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/628-automated-driving-why-is-it-so-hard-to-introduce) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [Code to Road in < 12 hours](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1082-code-to-road-in-12-hours) - [Data: The Deciding Factor in AI Success](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100310-data-the-deciding-factor-in-ai-success) ## Related Articles - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [How to start an AI project for a good cause and boost your career](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/15-how-to-start-an-ai-project-for-a-good-cause-and-boost-your-career) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Trustworthy AI Starts at Deployment: 5 Checks Before You Ship](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/753-trustworthy-ai-starts-at-deployment-5-checks-before-you-ship)