Overview

Hexagon's Autonomy & Positioning division is looking for a Autonomy Software Engineer Ito join our high-tech engineering and manufacturing company that is committed to customer service excellence and continuous improvement. Hexagon A&P’s Autonomous Systems Team is responsible for developing and deploying software to enable our customers to fully utilize their autonomous vehicle’s hardware. We are a collaborative team of motivated engineers with a mission to simplify and advance vehicle technology to empower our customers to unleash autonomy; driving improved efficiency, productivity, quality, and safety.

As an Autonomy Software Engineer I at Hexagon, you will work with the latest technology while solving interesting and challenging problems in multiple industries. This is an entry level position, giving you the opportunity to continue learning on the job. Your coding skills will be honed working on our roughly 20k line codebase. You’ll see a highly refined, multi-threaded software architecture, designed to work in near-real time. You’ll learn debugging and unit-testing skills to insure the continued quality of a system capable of driving 400 tons of total vehicle weight on a private road across the Australian outback at 50mph. Your personal skills will grow working with a small team that’s one of many which contribute to this and other projects. As your skills increase your responsibilities will follow.

Qualified applicants must be legally and lawfully authorized to be employed and work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship. Hexagon A&P is not supporting sponsorship for this opening. 

The Location: Hexagon is a global company with locations around the world. This position is based in Morton, Illinois. 

Responsibilities

As an Autonomy Software Engineer I, responsbilities include:

• Support the onboard Autonomous Systems Team in the product development of haulage vehicles
• Assist with changes as needed to the code base
• Help increase the test coverage of the existing code through unit testing
• Debug, test, and analyze data from autonomous sub-system testing on benches, local light test vehicles, and on site heavy vehicles
• Meet regularly with other team members and other teams around the world, including South America, Europe, and Australia. Due to time zones, some of these are in the evening but can be attend remotely
• Possibly travel to Australia for a few weeks if interested

Qualifications

Must-Have: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in an engineering discipline
• Experience with C
• Experience with Linux

Key Success Factors: 

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Professional
• Adaptable to fast changing requirements
• Self-motivated problem solver

Nice-to-Have: 

• DDS or equivalent pub/sub communications
• Multi-threaded applications
• Unit testing such as gtest
• MATLAB/Simulink
• Enough Microsoft Excel knowledge to analyze / plot field data

Not sure if you meet all the qualifications for this role? Let us decide! At Hexagon, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you’re excited about the opportunities this role could bring, we encourage you to apply. For any questions about the role or our company or for applicants who require an accommodation in the application process, please email our team at hrrecruitingteam.ap@hexagon.com and we will be pleased to follow up with you. Please do not send cover letters or resumes to this address.

The Company: Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector and mobility applications. You’ll be joining over 22,000 people in 50 countries on the leading edge of your field.

This position is with Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning division, a global technology leader, pioneering end-to-end solutions industry leaders rely on for assured positioning and autonomy on land, sea and air. Our work touches every aspect of life, from sustainability on Earth to enabling autonomy. Within the Autonomy & Positioning division, your work will contribute to the operation of our AutonomouStuff brand. 

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