software engineer Coventry, England
Job description
Our client is a leading UK driverless vehicle and mobility company expanding internationally and on a mission to find the very best people to be part of our success and join the driverless revolution that will disrupt and transform the world of transport. Due to year on year growth they are recruiting an experienced Path & Motion Planning Engineer for it's Autonomous Vehicles R&D Team.
You will have real vehicles running in Coventry for testing. You will work with other team members to solve and integrate work from 3 different continents (Europe, Australia, Asia). The team is very diverse, and always look for people with high quality and good grasping of different domains in robotics and outside robotics. Team always urge You to design and give your opinion and request inquisitive, creative minds to solve our challenges.
Roles:
- Research, design and develop state-of-the-art algorithms in one or more areas of the Motion planning stack to ensure comfortability and safety
- Guiding creation of simulation scenarios and create metrics to measure the performance of latest development
- Working with other team members to discuss and plan new algorithms and strategies
- Optimize the runtime and memory efficiency of the onboard Motion Planning software
- Get inside the vehicle and see the results
- Document, review and maintain high-standard code.
Essential Requirements:
- Deep expertise in Motion planning and Software engineering.
- MSc or PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics or related field
- Experience in deploying autonomous systems in real-world scenarios (ideally in Autonomous Vehicles but any other filed is acceptable)
- Experience specifically with applying Machine Learning to solve motion planning or related robotics problems
- Experience working with one or more MP sub-areas such as: graph or sampling-based planning in high-dimensional state spaces, computational geometry, behavioural planning and decision making, planning under uncertainty (POMDPs etc.), model-predictive planning and control, convex optimization, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, etc.
- Strong skill in modern C++/Python , ROS 1&2 , unit tests, containerization (Docker) and software engineer best practices.
- 3+ years of industry experience writing production-quality, performance-critical code, and maintaining large codebases is desired.
In return, they offer a great package that includes training, development, succession planning, a structured career path and a healthy bonus related to hitting key personal and company milestones.
If joining a growing cutting-edge technology organisation with great prospects in an emerging £billion sector and working with a brilliant motivated team appeals to you, please apply with an up to date CV as soon as possible, along with your availability and your salary expectations.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
- Performance bonus
Application question(s):
- How much relevant experience/ qualification do you hold?
- Any key achievements in your current role?
- Putting money to one side, what else motivates you?
- When could you start?
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: ICAV-SMPC-21-07-2023
