The company
Outrider is a software company that is automating distribution yards with electric, self-driving trucks. Our system eliminates manual tasks that are hazardous and repetitive while it improves safety and efficiency. Outrider’s mission is to drive the rapid adoption of sustainable freight transportation. We are a private company founded in 2018 and backed by NEA, 8VC, Koch Disruptive Technologies, and other top-tier investors. Our customers are Fortune 200 companies and our autonomous trucks are already running in distribution yards. For more information, visit
www.outrider.ai
The role
The Principal Software Engineer, Perception Safety Mechanisms will report within the Safety Software Engineering organisation and support the creation of reliable, safety-critical software that monitors the vehicle and the environment.
Given your background developing software for autonomous vehicles and/or mobile robotics applications, you’ll have a major, positive impact on the performance, reliability, and safety of the Outrider System.
This position requires exceptional software engineering skills, understanding of the full development life cycle, attention to detail, and ability to learn in unstructured environments. You will be responsible for helping build and support autonomous vehicle systems that redefine large enterprise supply chains and boast safe, error-free, and effective operational performance.
This role is ideal for someone who wants to be a part of an elite, impactful development unit pushing confined-area, heavy-vehicle autonomy into the mainstream. We’re a team of builders that’s passionate about start-to-finish, production-oriented development and rapidly introducing our software to the real world of logistics.
The opportunity offers a technical, hands-on, software engineer the chance to help develop a market-defining, enterprise-grade robotics product that combines autonomous vehicle technologies with a software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model.
The ideal candidate embraces the idea of reducing the carbon footprint of our ’get-it-now’ economy and is invigorated by our overarching mission to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission, self-driving vehicle technology.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and delivery of perception-based safety mechanisms
- Solve complex system safety problems with elegant solutions and apply judgment and experience to balance trade-offs between competing interests
- Develop/document software in C and C++ through all phases of the development lifecycle: concept, requirements, design, architecture, implementation, unit test, integration (HIL), and vehicle level system evaluation
- Play a significant role in mentoring and educating the team and organization on software & system safety best practices, processes and tools
Required Responsibilities
- Experience developing application software for autonomous vehicles or mobile robots
- Experience developing safety-significant application software
- Expert in Modern C++
- Solid experience working in a Linux environment with ROS or ROS2
- Excellence at creating/documenting software requirements and architecture designs
- Excellent understanding of the software development life cycle
- Experience with Git
Ideal Qualifications
- Professional experience using perception sensors (e.g RADARs, LIDARs, cameras…) for safety applications
- Familiarity with functional safety specifications, including ISO 26262 and IEC 61508
- Familiarity with vehicle modeling and motion planning techniques
- Familiarity with real-time operating systems (RTOS), CAN, and Ethernet
- Familiarity with Python
- Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field
At Outrider, we believe in cultivating an environment where there is diversity of perspectives, experiences, and knowledge with the expectation that we thrive in an inclusive environment. Outrider is committed to a workforce where everyone’s opportunities are limitless regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any others that are protected by law.
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