Design, implement, test, and maintain Autonomous Solution's Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) package to meet client needs and advance robotics technologies. VCU software engineers participate in the full life cycle of software and/or hardware development and help determine project architecture and requirements. Design, implement and test the embedded software on-board the vehicle to meet client needs including the vehicle control unit, programmable actuators and the environmental perception software algorithms.
Essential Education, Work Experience, and Job Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related degree. Master's degree preferred
- 3+ years professional experience designing and implementing embedded, real-time software systems using C for embedded processors
- Experience developing device drivers for embedded systems
- Experience with unmanned vehicle systems, software, and/or architectures
- Knowledge of flash programming tools, configuration management systems and software development processes.
- Knowledge and experience in communication protocols implementation (TCP, UDP, serial, CAN)
- Familiarity with electrical and mechanical systems
- Experience in all phases of the software development lifecycle–gathering requirements, design, implementation, testing, debugging, and deployment to the end user
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Work with a team of software engineers to add functionality, improve, and upgrade the VCU product applications
- Write understandable C and C++ code
- Software Complexity reduction
- Reduction of defects introduced during manufacture and configuration
- Troubleshooting faults reported by customers and engineers.
- Write unit-level tests and assist in specifying and creating integration tests
- Position will require travel
