Senior Principal Engineer

About JLG, an Oshkosh company

JLG began in 1969, when our founder, John L. Grove set out to resolve growing safety concerns in the construction industry. Since then we have been committed to understanding the challenges and delivering innovative solutions to the access market. We partner with customers to provide quality equipment, training opportunities and trusted support within the access industry. We are a global company, and our products—including mobile elevating work platforms, telehandlers, utility vehicles and accessories—can be found all over the world.

The Sr Principal Engineer-Autonomy & Active Safety will lead engineering support efforts for autonomy development, unmanned ground vehicles system and subsystem design, active safety, and advanced driver assistance systems projects involving broad design assignments of considerable scope and complexity.

YOUR IMPACT:  

• 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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Accredited Bachelor' degree in Engineering or related field with eight (8) or more years of related experience.

STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS: 

• 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

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Internal Contacts: Contact with peers and others involving explanation of information (these contacts may be within or outside department or division), and the gathering of factual information; may include the communication of sensitive or confidential information.
• External Contacts:  Limited external contact to: gather information, answer queries, or ask assistance.
• Communication Skills:  Read, write and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos; Read and interpret safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions and procedure manuals; Write routine reports, correspondence and speak effectively before both internal and external groups; Read, analyze and interpret business manuals, technical procedures and/or government regulations: Read, analyze and interpret scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents.
• Decision-Making:  Significant responsibility for decisions and final results, affecting more than one function or a function with multiple unites. Substantial analysis is required and many factors must be weighted before a decision can be reached. 
• Complexity, Judgment and Problem Solving:  Work requires the ability to plan and perform work in light of new or constantly changing problems, work from broad instruction, and deal with complex factors not easily evaluated.  Decisions require considerable judgment, initiative and ingenuity in areas there is little precedent.
• Supervisory/Managerial:  General instructing, scheduling, and reviewing the work of others performing the same or directly related work. Acts as “lead worker”.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Physical Demands: Frequent: Standing, Walking/Running, Sitting, Reaching, Hearing, Talking, Visual, Typing; Occasional: Driving, Fine Dexterity, Manual Dexterity; Upper Extremity Repetitive Motion; Seldom: Lifting/Carrying 25lbs., Pushing/Pulling 25llbs.
• Non-Physical Demands: Frequent: Analysis/Reasoning, Communication/Interpretation, Math/Mental Computation, Reading, Sustained Mental Activity (i.e. auditing, problem solving, grant writing, composing reports), Writing.
• Environmental Demands: Frequent: Work Alone, Frequent Task Changes, Tedious/Exacting Work; Occasional: High Volume Public Contact.
• Work Schedule:  Routine shift hours. Infrequent overtime, weekend, or shift rotation.
• Demands/Deadlines: High volume and variable work demands and deadlines impose strain on routine basis or considerable stress intermittently; OR regular direct contacts with distressed individuals within the immediate work environment; and/or exposure to demands and pressures from persons other than immediate.

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Pay Range:

$104,100.00 - $173,900.00

The above pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations. Within this range, individual pay is determined by various factors, including the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education and skills, as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions. Beyond offering a competitive total rewards package, we prioritize a people-first culture and offer various opportunities to support team member growth and success.

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