JLG Industries · 4 hours ago
Sr. Principal Engineer - Autonomy
Frederick, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$104K/yr - $174K/yr
8+ years expJLG Industries, a global company known for its innovative solutions in the access market, is seeking a Sr. Principal Engineer specializing in Autonomy and Active Safety. This role involves leading engineering support for autonomy development and managing complex projects while collaborating with various teams and ensuring adherence to engineering standards.
Manufacturing
Hiring Manager
Vannessa Riggs
Responsibilities
Responsible for completion of a complex project on time
Will be responsible for overall project schedule and budget
Responsible for managing multiple priorities
Collaborate as needed with other engineering business support disciplines internally as well as suppliers externally
May have exposure to the external customers and/or industry organizations
Provide guidance or mentorship to less senior Engineers working on a common project
Perform and check complex software development, architecture design, engineering calculations, investigations, and tasks as assigned according to Oshkosh as well as general industry engineering standards and processes
Responsible for the preparation and delivery of complex plans designs, computation methods, and/or reporting
Research, create, and update standard engineering methodology and procedures - best practices, etc
Perform essential autonomy development tasks including system trade studies, component modeling of inertial measurement units (IMU), global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), camera, radar, LiDAR as well as simulation of navigation algorithms, particularly Bayesian filters
Develop complex and computing efficient programs with modern C++ (C++11 and higher) and Python
Develop, maintain and architect complex ROS2 or similar autonomy frameworks
Develop AI and ML pipeline for various perception applications
Propose and evaluate architecture concepts, perform architecture and technology trade-off analysis
Utilize model-based software tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, TargetLink, etc.; write embedded C and/or C++ software to configure and control hardware and provide API’s for application code
Utilization of these design tools will be for the development of active safety, advanced driver assistance systems and unmanned ground vehicle technologies for Oshkosh products
Responsible for advanced vehicle system controls research, development, verification and validation, testing and production implementation
Establish requirements (resources, equipment, estimates, test plans, and milestones) according to the needs of a project
Responsible for developing control strategies in a virtual simulation environment using modeling tools (such as ADAMS, MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow, EASY 5 etc.) or hardware-in-the-loop simulators and transferring simulated strategies to vehicle testing and eventual production implementation
Work with internal and external (industry consortiums, universities...) project teams on advanced control development efforts
Assist feasibility studies and project estimates (man power, budget development, timelines...) on proposed projects
Support proposal development with regards to acquiring appropriate funding for various advanced control development efforts
Provide support and insight to engineering design teams as needed based on expertise
Other duties as assigned
Regular attendance is required
Qualification
Required
Accredited Bachelor' degree in Engineering or related field with eight (8) or more years of related experience
Preferred
Accredited Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering
Excellent proficiency with Rust, Python, PLCs, and databases in addition to embedded C/C++
Proficiency with developing complex GPU accelerated applications
Company
JLG Industries
JLG Industries is an American designer, manufacturer and marketer of access equipment.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2006-10-17Acquired
Leadership Team
Rick Smith
Sr Director, Global Product Training
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