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Bot Auto · 1 day ago

Sensor Engineer

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Bot Auto is revolutionizing the transportation of goods with their autonomous trucks. They are seeking a Sensor Engineer to design, evaluate, and integrate sensor systems for their autonomous trucking platform, collaborating closely with various teams to deliver robust solutions.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesTransportation

Responsibilities

Evaluate and benchmark sensors including LiDAR, radar, cameras, IMU, GNSS/RTK, ultrasonic, and related components

Design and execute test plans to characterize sensor performance (accuracy, latency, robustness, environmental resilience, reliability)

Analyze large-scale vehicle data to identify limitations and drive improvements

Design the sensor system architecture and system diagrams for autonomous trucks

Define sensor placement, coverage, redundancy, and failure-handling strategies

Specify data interfaces, synchronization, and networking (CAN, Ethernet, etc.) between sensors and compute platforms

Lead sensor integration at the vehicle and system level

Work closely with perception, localization, planning, onboard systems, and vehicle hardware teams to bring up and debug the system

Support sensor calibration workflows (intrinsics, extrinsics, time synchronization)

Debug sensor-related issues including data dropouts, timing misalignment, noise, and environmental failures

Drive optimization across performance, cost, reliability, and manufacturability

Collaborate with sensor vendors and track industry technology trends

Stay updated with the latest advancements in sensors and actively contribute to research and development efforts to enhance the capabilities of our autonomous vehicle platform

Qualification

Sensor evaluationSystem architecture designSystem integrationSensor calibrationPythonC++In-vehicle communication protocolsCollaboration with vendorsFunctional safetyROS/ROS2