Tees Research Engineer (Level I-IV)

Job Title

Tees Research Engineer (Level I-IV)

Agency

Texas A&M Engineering

Department

Bush Combat Development Complex

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

The George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) invite applications for a full-time Research Engineer in the focus area of multi-agent teamed autonomy for air and ground vehicles. We are recruiting for a TEES Researcher Engineer level I, II, III, or IV. Researchers at BCDC are investigating air-ground cooperative autonomy to extend the sensing capabilities and leverage heterogeneous fleet resources. This research aids in the understanding and development of methods and technologies that advance future unmanned air, ground and maritime vehicle systems operating in unstructured environments. The goal is to help facilitate effective intelligent vehicle interactions with service members to foster the trust essential to forming efficient teams. Successful, intelligent vehicles will increase unit capabilities, situational awareness, mobility, and speed of action. The research team regularly demonstrates the developing technologies that enable coordinated movement, via shared situational awareness with our heterogeneous multi-vehicle fleet in the diverse off-road terrain at the RELLIS campus.

What we need:

We are actively recruiting for a level I, II, III, or IV TEES Research Engineer – Teamed Autonomy.

Minimum qualifications for a TEES Research Engineer I: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Minimum qualifications for a TEES Research Engineer II: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience with two years of related experience.

Minimum qualifications for a TEES Research Engineer III: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience with four years of related experience.
• Preferred experience working in Linux operating systems environments, and with software development in Python or C++.

Minimum qualifications for a TEES Research Engineer IV: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience with six years of related experience.
• Preferred experience working in Linux operating systems environments, and with software development in Python or C++.
• Preferred experience with one or more autonomous vehicle subsystems (perception, localization, navigation, etc.), and corresponding algorithm implementations (e.g., YOLO, SLAM, RRT, etc.)

The well-qualified candidates would possess the following:

• Experience with ROS/ROS2 programming and related practices, including Docker containerization
• Familiarity with hardware integration to compose complex systems-of-systems (SoS)
• Familiarity with computer networking to conduct systems integration and field-testing
• Skills in software development for applied research and performing system hardware integration and tuning to support field-testing needs
• Experience designing and implementing algorithms and accompanying documentation to augment autonomous vehicle behaviors, to include an understanding of efficient code practices subject to computational resources to function in real-time systems
• Experience with testing and deploying programs, applications, and ROS nodes in simulation and on hardware platforms
• Familiarity with designing real-world experiments and corresponding metrics to test capability enhancements of complex multi-agent systems and practical knowledge in generating system requirements based on field testing and demonstration results
• Experience supporting the organization and prioritization of team research activities
• Experience directing small teams of junior researchers for focused development and implementation
• Experience collaborating with faculty, research engineers and stakeholders to identify end-user requirements and specifications
• Experience participating in demonstrations to stakeholders, reviews and evaluations of results, and establishing conclusions based on capability performance
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey technical information clearly and effectively through informal and formal documents, reports, and presentations to senior management

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.