Autonomy-Driven Mobile Equipment Engineer

Mariana Minerals; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health insurance

Job summary

Mariana Minerals is building a modern, autonomous-ready fleet for open pit mining. You will own equipment selection, lifecycle economics, and integration with software teams to optimize performance and safety. Collaboration with operations, procurement, and autonomy providers is essential.

You will guide retrofits and new purchases, enabling autonomous operations while maintaining reliability and cost effectiveness across haul trucks, loaders, drills, and support equipment.

Qualifications

• Experience in mobile equipment engineering or fleet management for mining or heavy equipment.
• Ability to analyze fleet health, lifecycle costs, and utilization.
• Familiarity with autonomous or remotely operated equipment deployments.
• Strong collaboration with operations, maintenance, and software teams.

Responsibilities

• Design fleet to meet mine plans and production targets.
• Specify equipment, evaluate models, and assess OEMs for autonomy.
• Drive autonomy roadmap and integration with field operations.
• Define tests, safety and commissioning for autonomous systems.
• Monitor fleet performance and optimize lifecycle costs.

Skills

Mobile equipment engineering

Fleet management

Autonomy knowledge

Data analysis

Collaborative work

Tools

Telemetry systems

Job description

Mariana Minerals is building a modern, autonomous-ready fleet for open pit mining. You will own equipment selection, lifecycle economics, and integration with software teams to optimize performance and safety. Collaboration with operations, procurement, and autonomy providers is essential.

You will guide retrofits and new purchases, enabling autonomous operations while maintaining reliability and cost effectiveness across haul trucks, loaders, drills, and support equipment.