Bus Safety Operator

Who are we?

Oxa is enabling the transition to self-driving vehicles through an initial focus on the most commercially advanced sector; the autonomous shuttling of goods and people.

We are home to some of the world’s leading experts on autonomous vehicles, creating solutions such as Oxa Driver, equipping vehicles with full self-driving functionality; Oxa MetaDriver, using Generative AI to accelerate and assure the safety of deployments; and Oxa Hub, a set of cloud-based offerings for autonomous fleet management. Our technology is being deployed across the UK and the U.S, and we’re partnering with a fast-growing ecosystem of operators, vehicle OEMs and equipment makers serving autonomous transportation globally as it advances.

The Role

As our Bus Safety Operator, you will Drive / Operate our fleet of self-driving Buses both manually and autonomously for testing and for live passenger services in a safe and professional manner. For the time that you are not driving or operating vehicles, you will need to write up your notes and share those with relevant parties. This is a fixed term / contract position for circa 5 months.

You must be happy to: 

• Complete field notes, report safety issues and update Oxa Cloud. 
• Feedback your thoughts and experiences to your peers, the Test Engineer and Software teams. 
• Share your ideas with your team and the wider business in a respectful manner.
• Listen to company communications and absorb and action where necessary. 

Requirements

What you will need for this role: 

• Demonstrate several years of driving experience, as a professional Bus Driver / PSV / private hire driver, with a clean licence including category D. 
• Demonstrate a very high level of concentration. 
• Possess excellent judgement of live road and traffic situations. 

Extra kudos if you have: 

• Advanced driving qualifications Driver Training qualifications 
• Experience working with prototype test vehicles 
• Experience in testing vehicles on proving grounds or race / closed road environments 
• Experience of working as a vehicle technician (mechanical & electrical tasks) 
• Experience with drones and/or radio/remote controlled vehicles 
• An interest in robotics and computing

Benefits

Our Culture:

We promote an open and inclusive culture that empowers our Oxbots to bring their whole, authentic selves to work every day. Oxa is proud to be an inclusive organisation and, as such, we require all team members within our recruitment process to understand and deploy best practices focused on de-biasing the whole recruitment cycle. We also apply a neuro inclusive lens to our recruitment process and want each potential Oxbot to enjoy the best experience possible for them. Please share with us any individual needs or reasonable adjustments we may need to make in advance of commencing the interview process with us.

Learn more about our culture here

Why become an Oxbot?

Our team of engineers, mathematicians and experts in AI, machine learning and much else is truly world-class. They are solving the most exciting and important technological challenges of our times.

But as well as smarts, Oxbots have heart. Our diverse, multi-cultural crew is guided by a shared vision to bring the myriad benefits of autonomy to our customers and partners. And in a company that celebrates uniqueness as much as skill and experience, we do it with energy, conviction and a healthy dose of excitement too. If you are bold, creative and hyper skilled, come and create the future of autonomy with us at Oxa.