Who are we?

Based in Oxford and with offices in Canada and the US, Oxa is an international startup founded in 2014 and scaling up rapidly (300+ Oxbots and growing).

As the global leader in our industry, we’re fuelled by a bold purpose: to make the Earth move better. From passenger shuttles to industrial vehicles, our operating system for Universal Autonomy™ is transforming the way people and goods are transported by enabling any vehicle, in any environment, to operate autonomously — safely, securely and efficiently.

Our technology is capturing investors’ imagination. To date we’ve raised $140 million in our Series C investment round. Accommodating growing demand from new and current shareholders, this funding is driving our expansion in North America and EMEA, and accelerating the deployment of our technology in domains where there is both urgent need and potential to scale.

Your 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. 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/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

Please note this is a fixed term contract role for 6 months.

Compensation and Benefits

We provide:

• Competitive salary, benchmarked against the market and reviewed annually
• Company share programme
• Hybrid and/or flexible work arrangements (there is an expectation in this role to be based predominantly onsite in Belfast)
• Core benefits of market leading private healthcare, life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, alongside a company paid health cash plan (including gym discounts)
• A flexible £2,000 (pro-rata) benefits fund to spend on additional benefits of your choice, including tech scheme and cycle to work benefits
• A salary exchange pension plan
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• A pet-friendly office environment
• Safe assigned spaces for team members with individual and diverse needs

Our Culture 

Diversity is a marathon not a sprint! It is a journey with no destination. We are on a mission to unlock the benefits of self-driving technology to every person and organisation on the planet. We are creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work which put simply is the right thing to do. We hire and nurture those we can learn from, valuing diversity and the innovation that this drives.

We apply a neuro inclusive lens to our recruitment process and want each potential Oxbot to enjoy the best experience possible for them. 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.

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.