Outrider is hiring a
Principal Software Engineer

Summary

Join Outrider, a software company automating distribution yards with electric, self-driving trucks, as a Perception Algorithms & State Estimation Engineer to develop and deploy cutting-edge software that drives next-generation freight transportation. The ideal candidate has experience developing and deploying algorithms in robotics using camera, lidar, and/or radar data.

Requirements

• Skilled with modern C++, Python
• Experience building state of the art state estimation solutions for real time applications in robotics, including E/KFs, factor graphs, optimization
• Experience building mapping and calibration solutions
• Experience working with camera, lidar, and/or radar data in autonomy application
• Comfort iterating on complex problems and models: problem definition, data, bring-up, debugging, evaluation and deployment
• Excellent communication skills
• Self-starter, able to work and overcome challenges independently

Responsibilities

• Design and develop state estimation solutions that run online on our autonomous vehicle
• Define meaningful metrics and deliver solutions to achieve them
• Work within the perception team to leverage data, and with other teams to deliver solutions ready for deployment on the autonomous vehicle
• Mentor and guide other team members to help achieve overall perception goals

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with state of the art, best practices, and research in motion planning and/or controls
• Ability to design, implement, and deploy motion planning and/or control software stacks

Benefits

• Full health benefits
• Fully remote
• Home office stipend up to $500