Senior Field Robotics Engineer

Who We Are

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit www.aerovect.com.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Field Robotics Engineer to lead the deployment, operation, and optimization of AeroVect’s autonomous driving stack. The ideal candidate is a versatile engineer with a strong theoretical and practical background in Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles. In this role, you will lead advanced deployment initiatives, mentor junior engineers on your team and ensure the robustness and efficiency of our autonomous vehicles at ATL.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor the deployment team, define clear goals, and monitor team performance to meet project goals and deadlines.

• Oversee all deployment activities of the autonomous vehicles at our ATL customer site and coordinate with cross-functional teams to plan and execute deployment schedules efficiently.

• Utilize your expertise in autonomous vehicles to resolve complex technical problems such as system integration challenges, performance optimization, and operational anomalies and provide direction to the team with on-field context.

• Implement best practices for deployment and testing methodologies and continuously seek opportunities to enhance operational efficiency and team productivity.

• Lead the triage of incidents and issues arising from testing and collaborate with engineering teams to facilitate quick resolution of issues.

• Work closely with hardware and software teams to integrate new features and improvements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in robotics or the autonomous vehicles industry.

• Strong understanding of various software components of autonomous systems, and hardware components like Sensors, CAN, Ethernet, etc

• Familiarity with ROS2, C++, Git, and Linux operating systems.

• Proven experience in leading and mentoring engineering teams.

• Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills with a strong sense of ownership.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience in establishing new deployment processes and setting up the groundwork for large-scale deployments of autonomous systems in the real world.

• Experience in incident management and root-cause analysis techniques.

• Experience in managing software releases, including planning, coordination, and execution of release processes.

• Experience in data analytics with the ability to interpret data to enhance deployment strategies and optimize system performance.

• Experience in startup environments, demonstrating adaptability to rapidly changing priorities

• Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies like JIRA, etc