Principal Embedded Software Engineer
About the role
HBR is hiring a rover autonomy lead on our CT-4 lunar rover. You will lead the implementation of an onboard classical perception and navigation system that enables the rover to map the surrounding terrain and avoid hazards in real time. You will own this capability and drive it from concept through field testing and flight operations. Collaboration is key and you will work with Honeybee’s scientists, engineering teams, and program management to bring exciting new products from concept to production. You'll have the opportunity and funding to innovate and improve robust autonomous exploration systems and will build lasting capability across HBR's rover product lines.
Responsibilities
- Lead efforts in coding, testing and validation of vehicle control software
- Manage software field deployments and provide support on-site and remotely to customers
- Work with stakeholders to derive and own software system requirements and schedules
- Evaluate and identify improvements to system design with a specific focus on robust autonomy
- Collaborate with scientists, engineering managers, product management, and program management to drive new product development programs from concept to production
- Write requirements and specification documents
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
- More than 10 years of hands-on experience in software development for embedded platforms
- Proficient in developing baremetal applications using C/C++
- Background in spaceflight avionics applications
- Proficient in applying testing frameworks and conducting unit tests
- Proficient in writing drivers for various types of sensors
- Basic understanding of electromechanical systems (motors, actuators, controls)
- Experience crafting autonomous safety-critical fault recovery code
- Proven experience crafting reliable software architectures for critical systems
- Adept with Git version control system
- Understanding of digital communication protocols (Ethernet, USB, asynchronous serial, CAN, SPI, I2C)
- Familiarity with automated testing methodologies and continuous integration practices
- Familiarity reading circuit schematics and performing basic hardware debugging tasks
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience of operational control of a remotely controlled mission with large latencies
- Experience with building and working with GDS or other C2 systems
- Familiarity with vision based autonomy and hazard avoidance
- Skilled in Python scripting
- Background in developing software for vehicles
- Experienced in working with sensors and camera systems
- Experience with localization
- Proficiency in building maintainable and versatile multithreaded and multi-process applications in an RTOS environment
Base Pay Range
For CA applicants is $230,773.00 – $323,081.85. Other site ranges may differ.