Robotics Engineer - Mobile Robotics

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Robotics Engineer - Mobile Robotics

The National Robotics Engineering Center is seeking a dynamic robotics engineer who can help our team make autonomous field robotics a reality. We are working on a challenging problem that applies state of the art research in computer vision, 3D processing, sensor fusion, machine learning, and other techniques to a real world outdoor ground robotic system. We emphasize regular field testing where the engineers have a firsthand view of the robotics running their code. We are looking for an engineer with experience in autonomous vehicles to help take this research off-road and through difficult terrain robustly and safely.

Candidates should be eager to immerse themselves in challenges and be willing to learn and apply new domain specific knowledge.

Developing software for autonomous ground robotic systems
Adapting and integrating proprietary and open source software package and APIs.
Participating in the software process: design, code reviews, etc.
Building new tools for communication, logging and data analysis
Creating and maintaining development tools and infrastructure for robotic systems
Developing, documenting and directing software system testing, troubleshooting, and verification procedures
Integrating customer and COTS hardware components: sensors, controllers, networking etc.
Supporting manufacturing with hardware requirements and technology integration
Conducting field tests and experimental characterization of performance

B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent experience
At least 1-3 years combined graduate academic and professional software development experience.
Strong C++ skills
Experience with ROS
Experience with scripting languages for quick prototyping of autonomy applications (Python or Matlab preferred).
Linux development experience
Knowledge of object-oriented concepts
Excellent communication skills
Demonstrated success working as part of a cross-functional team

We especially want to hear from you if you have experience or qualifications in any of the following areas:

5+ years combined graduate academic and professional software development experience
M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent experience
Experience with any of the following:
- Ackerman steered or other wheeled vehicles
- Off-road Autonomy
- 2D motion planning
- Dynamic and controls for mobile robots
- Common ROS planning modules such as SBPL, OMPL, or Movelt
- Visual odometry, mapping and SLAM
- Control during aggressive vehicle maneuvers
- Embedded systems and real time applications
- Constructing GPU-based data processing pipelines for senor data
- Familiarity with image and point cloud processing algorithms

Interested in this Opportunity?

Job ID: 2022419

Join our talented team at NREC where you will have a direct impact on operations and meaningful projects as you collaborate with experts and build your career helping solve industrial and government challenges and deploying technology to real world operations.

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