Sr. Robotics Software Engineer - Vision And Automation Services

GM•Austin, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Vision And Automation Services (VAAS) organization within GM IT is focused on building innovative solutions for global manufacturing, utilizing current and emerging technologies. A key initiative is to protect workers from repetitive, mundane, and dangerous tasks. The Sr. Software Robotics Engineer will support and reinforce the adoption of Robotics Software Engineering across the MFG IT organization, aiming to significantly improve manufacturing productivity and efficiency. This role involves driving the identification, evaluation, and adoption of rapid iterative and incremental robotics software solutions in collaboration with Junior and Staff Robotics Software Engineers and Manufacturing Engineering business partners. The ideal candidate will embrace, execute, and apply Transformative Robotic Technologies, Simulation, ML/DL, and Computer Vision to deliver turn-key solutions. This position is for a robot engineer passionate about designing prototypes, building and testing robot cells, and using their ideas, electrical/mechanical knowledge to build advanced real-time software applications. The role offers a challenging environment to apply curiosity, enthusiasm, and a desire to learn, grow, and succeed in building automotive solutions that set industry benchmarks.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
5+ years of professional experience in robotics software development
Knowledge in Python and Java languages
Knowledge and experience with ROS (Robot Operating System) and MoveIt
Knowledge and experience with linear algebra, computer vision, software development
Travel required - 20%-25% of the time (North America - U.S. & Mexico)

Nice To Haves

Masters degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
ML/DL , Computer Vision, Data Mining, Visualization and Simulation.
Experience in Cloud Technologies such as Docker, K8 , and more generically on HPC platforms.
Experience with Linux , bash scripts.
Knowledge in C++, C, C#, Go, SQL, OpenG L.
Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Keras .
Experience with real-time systems .

Responsibilities

Definition and adoption of GM MFG IT Robotics capabilities.
Identify opportunities to update and/or streamline the current GM Robotics Engineering processes together with Manufacturing Engineering SMEs.
Define and develop ML/DL solutions in real-world environments.
Develop Computer Vision solutions in real-world environments.
Ability to digest, design and deploy solutions based on research artifacts.
Simulation.
Data Visualization.
Designing solutions at scale (minimize operational overhead).
End to end understanding of systems and interfaces, so solutions can be built to fit within constraints.
Ability to travel as needed to GM plants/facilities throughout the US.