Senior Robotics Engineer - The Toro Company

The Toro Company•Lisbon, MN

20h•$97,000 - $133,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Toro Company (TTC) is seeking to expand its robotics engineering team. At The Toro Company, we pride ourselves in being an industry leader for outdoor environment products in different markets. These markets include turf and landscape maintenance, snow and ice management, underground utility, specialty construction, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. Our teams take pride in being on the cutting edge of creating innovative products while partnering with world-class employees that bring passion to their everyday work. This is a company that truly values its employees with upward career mobility and advancement opportunities. We are integrated into the TTC Robotics division, a specialized engineering group driving the development of autonomous and semi-autonomous connected products. We invite you to become part of our team!

Requirements

Master’s degree in Computer, Software, Electrical, Mechatronics or Aerospace Engineering.
Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Software, Robotics or Aerospace Engineer or similar role.
Background in outdoor positioning systems, GNSS technology and sensor fusion.
Strong background in C++.
Experience using GNU/Linux as a development environment, creating shell scripts and performing basic system administration.
Experience using version control tools (e.g. SVN or GIT) and working in a structured, revision-controlled software development environment.
Comfortable working in an R&D environment and engaging with cross-functional teams.
Availability to occasional travel to test sites, customer locations, supplier/partner facilities, manufacturing facilities, and other locations as required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with outdoor positioning systems. Proficiency in interfacing with GNSS receivers, with knowledge of precise positioning techniques such as RTK and PPP.
Experience with sensor fusion algorithms.
Good understanding and experience implementing and tuning sensor fusion algorithms using Kalman Filter or factor graph optimization.
Practical experience with LiDAR odometry and SLAM frameworks such as LOAM, LIO-SAM, or equivalent.
Practical experience with Visual Odometry and VSLAM using mono, stereo or RGB-D cameras.
Experience modeling physical systems, sensors and actuators.
Experience in development / support of production grade products.
Practical exposure to embedded target platforms, including Arduino, Raspberry Pi and/or NVIDIA Jetson
Demonstrated capability in managing the software release lifecycle, including continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)

Responsibilities

Designing new and improved robotic systems which meet market, safety, quality, performance, reliability and durability requirements.
Actively participating in the specification, design and implementation of software for autonomous mobile robots, including its subsystems for localization, navigation, and path planning.
Perform engineering analysis to predict the behavior of proposed designs and algorithms. Simulation tools may include but are not limited to MATLAB / Simulink.
Creating and supporting the development of software for automated testing.
Coordinating design with others to ensure integration into the overall architecture.
Taking design decisions related to algorithms, implementation strategies and production of system software.
Promoting good practices and efficiency improvements in software development processes.
Root cause analysis of reported field issues
Reporting on project status