Senior Autonomy Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.•Irving, TX

5d•$112,710 - $183,140•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Autonomy Engineer, your responsibilities in software development will be focused on positioning and localization. You’ll collaborate with team members to prototype and bring to production algorithms that enable autonomous & semiautonomous systems to localize robustly within the world around them. This includes estimating position and altitude absolutely but also relatively to terrain features and static or mobile equipment, and implementing filters using perception-based, inertial, and GNSS inputs. Every day you will work with your team to solve real world problems by selecting the right approach, developing quick prototypes & bringing them to production. The localization developer will participate in various aspects of the development process including design, documentation, coding, product quality, and validation. To excel in this role, you must be able to write and test high quality production code and enjoy solving challenging problems.

Requirements

Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decisions on resolution.
Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.
Identifies common issues, problems, and considerations for each phase of the life cycle.
Interprets product development plans and functional documentation.
Excellency in C++
Fluency in Python
Interprets application system designs and program specifications.
Strong engineering practices, debugging/profiling skills.
Apply structured programming techniques to structured environments.
Discovers, analyzes, and resolves software or application problems.
Analyzes code, logs, and current systems as part of advanced troubleshooting.
Records and reports specific technical problems, solving processes and tools that have been used.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, or PhD in accredited Robotics, Electrical or Computer engineering or Computer Science degree
4+ years of Robotics/Autonomous solution experience illustrating deep technical domain expertise
Strong proficiency in C++ with demonstrated experience designing, developing, debugging, and deploying production-quality software for robotics, autonomy, localization, navigation, or real-time systems
Proven experience implementing filtering solutions including Error State, Kalman and Extended Kalman
In depth knowledge of Inertial Measurement technology and Inertial Based Navigation and/or Guidance Systems
Ability to survey literature for ideas and convert research papers into production implementation
Knowledge of robotics and frameworks such as Robot Operating System (ROS)
Strong foundation in mathematics and fundamentals (3D geometry, linear algebra, statistical error modeling including Gauss Markov Processes)
Ability to work in various coordinate system references and perform transformations between
Understanding of Physics based modeling, vehicle modeling and dynamics

Responsibilities

Research and design of localization algorithms and software
Develop production quality C++ software including design, documentation, coding, product quality, and validation
Contributes to requirements generation and architecture design considerations for the localization architecture
Support functional safety software design and validation process
Collaborate and mentor localization team members to execute on goal