Autonomous Mining Controls Engineer - MPC/PID & Localization

Newnovation; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Newnovation is seeking a Robotics Controls Engineer to develop and tune core control systems powering 200+ ton autonomous haul trucks in real-world mining environments.

You’ll work on localization, path following, longitudinal and lateral control, steering, and state estimation while collaborating with perception, planning, and hardware teams to deploy production autonomous vehicles at customer sites.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of robotics controls engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Python, C++, ROS and Linux.
• Experience developing or tuning robotics/autonomous vehicle control systems.
• Knowledge of localization, state estimation and autonomous navigation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and tune control algorithms using MPC and PID.
• Develop localization and state-estimation systems using GPS/RTK, IMU, and other sensors.
• Handle GPS dropouts in remote mining environments.
• Analyze system performance through field testing and log replay.
• Debug control issues, identify root causes, and improve system performance.
• Collaborate with perception, planning, and hardware teams to integrate controls into production autonomous vehicles.
• Travel periodically to customer mining sites for deployment, testing, and tuning.

Skills

Python

C++

ROS

Linux

MPC

PID

GPS/RTK

Kalman Filters

NVIDIA Jetson

CAN Bus

NumPy

SciPy

Tools

GPS/RTK

IMU

CAN Bus

NVIDIA Jetson

Job description

Newnovation is seeking a Robotics Controls Engineer to develop and tune core control systems powering 200+ ton autonomous haul trucks in real-world mining environments.

You’ll work on localization, path following, longitudinal and lateral control, steering, and state estimation while collaborating with perception, planning, and hardware teams to deploy production autonomous vehicles at customer sites.