Hardware Engineer
Core
Designing, characterizing, integrating, and validating hardware for autonomous construction machinery to solve physical-world problems in the built environment.
Role type
Senior IC hardware engineer (autonomous systems)
Builds
Retrofitted autonomous construction machines for heavy infrastructure projects
Domain
Construction industry + autonomous vehicle hardware
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
electrical design, testing and deployment of hardware in rugged environments, leading HW development programs (ideation to production), high performance/power edge compute, autonomous sensing technologies (lidar, camera, radar, GNSS, IMUs), packaging and integration for rugged environments, high speed signaling, C/C++/Rust/Python
Preferred skills
camera and optics design, camera imaging pipeline, sensor cleaning hardware, high performance embedded compute (Nvidia Jetson), communication protocols (GMSL, PCIe, CAN, etc.), system engineering requirements definition and V&V, ISO26262/ISO16750/SAE J1455 standards, large commercial construction equipment electrical and mechanical HW
Technologies
Nvidia Jetson, GMSL, FPDlink, PCIe, multi GigE, A2B, CAN, UART, SPI, RS232/422/485, Python, C++, Rust, Linux bash, lidar, radar, cameras, GNSS, IMUs
Responsibilities
Define system and component level HW architecture for autonomous machines, establish and lead relationships with external vendors for critical components, work with safety team to establish requirements and performance metrics, write reusable sensor data analysis and test automation software
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC