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 Software Engineer, Embedded Software will report to the Lead Software Engineer, Perception Safety Mechanisms 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.

Embedded software engineering is a pivotal function for delivering a safety-critical system for industrial automation. 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.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Develop/document software in C and C++ for perception based safety mechanisms through all phases of the development lifecycle: concept, requirements, design, architecture, implementation, unit test, integration, and system test
• Support continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD)
• Develop unit tests and automated tests based on requirements to prove functionality
• Perform hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) integration testing on various embedded systems and components
• Perform vehicle level evaluation at Outrider’s Advanced Testing Facility

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field
• Experience developing software for autonomous vehicles or mobile robotics applications
• High degree of comfort with C and C++
• Experience working in a Linux environment with ROS or ROS2
• Experience with Git
• Familiarity with Python
• Understanding of the software development life cycle - from requirements development to unit testing

Ideal Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field
• Experience, or an interest in, developing software for resource constrained embedded systems (MCUs)
• Experience using cameras, LIDARs, or RADARs in an academic or professional environment
• Familiarity with vehicle modeling and motion planning techniques
• Familiarity with real-time operating systems (RTOS), CAN, or Ethernet
• Familiarity with functional safety specifications, including ISO 26262 and IEC 61508

Salary range of $125,000 - 155,000.

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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.