Senior Autonomy Robotics Engineer
Near Earth Autonomy•Pittsburgh, PA
•$123,926 - $123,926•Hybrid
About The Position
Near Earth Autonomy seeks a Senior Autonomy Robotics Engineer in Pittsburgh, PA to design, develop, refine, and test algorithms, methods, and systems for autonomous flight applications, and integrate and deploy them onto aircraft that range from small drones to helicopters. This role involves exercising technical leadership, guiding projects through the complete lifecycle from design to production, supervising other engineers as needed, and providing subject matter expertise.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Five years of experience in aerospace, robotics, and/or autonomous flight domains.
- Experience with robotics perception and state estimation algorithms for vehicle navigation and guidance.
- Experience with autonomous aerial vehicle controllers.
- Experience with sensor integration into flight systems, including lidar, cameras, GPS, and gimbals.
- Experience with software design and programming in C++ and Python.
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using GitLab or similar environments.
- Experience with development in the Linux environment.
- Experience with robotics hardware and software, including sensor data pipelines.
- Experience with software engineering practice and software development life cycle.
- Experience with Robot Operating System (ROS).
Responsibilities
- Implement mathematical models of mission plan execution, such as behavior trees and state machines for autonomous systems.
- Design and implement robotics perception and state estimation algorithms for vehicle navigation and guidance.
- Design and implement autonomous aerial vehicle controllers.
- Perform software benchmarking and optimization in multi-threaded development environments.
- Integrate sensors into flight systems, including lidar, cameras, GPS, and gimbals.
- Software design and programming in C++ and Python.
- Set up and manage continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using GitLab or similar environments.
- Develop systems in a Linux environment.
- Field test aerial robotics systems.
- Lead teams and mentor new engineers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
