Vehicle Controls- Technical Lead
Core
Own the technical direction of the controls stack for autonomous heavy equipment (haul trucks, excavators, wheel loaders, dozers) across the full lifecycle from 0→1 development to production fleet deployment.
Role type
Senior Technical Lead, Controls Systems
Builds
Production-grade control systems for construction, mining, and agriculture vehicles
Domain
Autonomous systems, heavy equipment, robotics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Controls theory, nonlinear MPC, MPPI control, numerical optimization, C++, system identification, team leadership, safety-critical software design
Preferred skills
MSc/PhD in mechanical engineering/robotics/CS, quadratic programming, off-road platform experience, calibration pipeline development
Technologies
C++, nonlinear MPC, MPPI control
Responsibilities
Set technical direction for controls stack from prototype to deployed fleet; design and implement controllers from low-level actuation to trajectory tracking; characterize vehicle dynamics to close simulation-real world gaps; build scalable calibration workflows; mentor engineers and drive technical decisions; collaborate with customer engineers on field deployments
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership
