Automated Driving & Robotics Engineer - GM Defense

General Motors • Milford, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Role We are seeking a highly motivated & dynamic engineer with demonstrated Autonomy and/or Robotics knowledge to be in the forefront of expanding GM’s automated driving offerings to new realms relevant to GM Defense. The scope of work includes expanding GM’s automated driving technology with autonomous follower, teleoperation, and off-road autonomous driving capability to meet civilian, military and other government agency needs. You will get to work with development vehicles, simulators, state-of-the-art sensors, and software, while adapting and enhancing solutions for specialized vehicles.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, or similar area of focus
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant, fulltime work experience
• Design, development, or research engineering experience
• Automated driving and/or robotics development experience: Knowledge of perception (e.g., object detection, and tracking), sensor fusion (e.g., Kalman filter, particle filter), localization (e.g., SLAM), situation assessment, path planning and control algorithms
• Experience working with different AV sensors, such as LiDAR and Camera sensors.
• Knowledge of Vehicle Dynamics simulation tools and AV/ADAS simulation tools such as CarMaker, CarSim, Vires VTD, Carla, Gazebo etc.
• Programming knowledge: C++, Python and/or Matlab/Simulink
• Experience developing/integrating robotic applications
• Strong software development skills for safety critical, real-time applications
• Demonstrated ability to identify issues early and drive timely resolution
• Candidate must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, asylee or refugee).

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or PhD (EE, ME, AE, Computer Science, Physics, Math or similar area of focus)
• Experience working with ROS/ROS2
• Knowledge of artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Knowledge of system safety and Development Vehicle Use Level approval processes
• Experience developing automated driving or active safety features and integrating them into vehicles

Responsibilities

• Develop requirements, use cases, and performance evaluation metrics for AV systems
• Develop and enhance algorithms for perception, sensor fusion, localization, situation awareness, and path planning for automated driving
• Interface, collaborate, and partner with GM organizations to leverage existing capabilities and resources (Software Defined Vehicle, Super Cruise, Advanced Development, R&D, etc.)
• Adapt, enhance, integrate, and test software and hardware for automated vehicles
• Create software and hardware properties to demonstrate GMD autonomy and robotics solutions
• Follow agile/scrum software development and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery processes as needed
• Organize issues, interpret strategies, and effectively communicate to team members and management to facilitate timely decisions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level