Autonomous Systems Engineer

About the role

Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of golf cars, utility and personal transportation vehicles, professional turf-care equipment, and ground support equipment. Our vehicles are found in environments ranging from golf courses to factories, airports to planned communities, and theme parks to hunting preserves.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain vehicle localization architecture utilizing GNSS/RTK, LiDAR, visual localization, inertial navigation, and sensor fusion techniques.
• Develop behavior planning, motion planning, and vehicle control algorithms for autonomous navigation.
• Optimize computational performance, latency, and resource utilization on embedded computer platforms.
• Develop and maintain system requirements, interface specifications, and validation plans.
• Integrate autonomous hardware and software with vehicle electrical, controls, and sensor systems.
• Ensure the system performs reliably in real-world field conditions and support field testing and debugging.
• Work with cross-functional leads such as product strategy to help define features and product requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or other related field required.
• 2+ years of relevant experience required.
• Software Knowledge: Python, C++, or similar programming language required; ROS2 architecture required.
• Autonomy stacks such as NAV2.
• Understand sensor fusion (GPS, IMU, LiDAR, camera).
• Experience working with real-time embedded or robotic systems.
• Hands-on debugging and tuning in real-world environments.

Preferred Skills

• ROS2 (C++/Python) and robotics system integration.
• Navigation algorithms (A*, DWA, Pure Pursuit, MPC).
• RTK GPS integration and localization techniques.
• Vehicle control systems (CAN, drive-by-wire).
• Simulation integration (Isaac Sim / Gazebo).

Schedule

Full-time, first shift.

Travel

20%-30% travel required to field test locations to support vehicle integration, autonomy tuning, performance validation, troubleshooting, and customer pilot deployments. Valid driver’s license required.

Primary location: US-Georgia-Augusta.