Software Engineer, Perception Engineering Autonomy
Blacksburg, VA
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About the Company
At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business.
A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. Now a part of the Daimler family, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight.
Join us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer.
What You'll Do:
Responsible for various software development and engineering activities supporting the delivery of autonomy algorithm software to the overall system solution within our autonomy software algorithms components. Perform software development activities such as software architecture, design, coding, unit testing, integration, deployment, and maintenance within their assigned autonomy algorithms software component. Develop, implement and test autonomy algorithms with the areas of active sensing and information fusion. Develop perception algorithms to detect and perceive objects for Torc’s autonomous driving systems, allowing the system to understand and react to the environment around the vehicle in real-time. Create software to utilize algorithms that use sensor data from LiDAR, RADAR, and cameras to detect, classify, segment, and detect, segment, classify, and track obstacles in the vehicle's surrounding environment. Create a situational awareness for our behaviors and path planning teams to make vehicle decisions to navigate safety.
What You'll Need:
- Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or related technical field. Will accept a Bachelor's degree and five years of experience in lieu of the Master's degree. The five years of experience accepted in lieu of the master's degree must include 1) relevant autonomy algorithm software experience including state estimation
- C++ software development and unit testing in Linux environment
- Probability and linear algebra; 4) code and unit testing of autonomy algorithms for application within embedded application
- Vehicle physics, motion control, dynamics and kinematics
- ROS (Robot Operating System)
- Linux development tool chains
- 10% domestic travel required
Perks of Being a Full-time Torc’r
Torc cares about our team members and we strive to provide benefits and resources to support their health, work/life balance, and future. Our culture is collaborative, energetic, and team focused. Torc offers:
- A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock options
- 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
- 401K plan with a 6% employer match
- Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date)
- Company-wide holiday office closures
- AD+D and Life Insurance
Tags: Architecture Autonomous Driving Engineering Lidar Linear algebra Linux Physics R Radar React Robotics Testing
Perks/benefits: 401(k) matching Career development Competitive pay Equity Health care Salary bonus Startup environment
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