Autonomy Engineer — Perception & Robotics for Self-Driving Mining

Mariana Minerals; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mariana Minerals seeks a Machine Learning Engineer (Autonomy) to build autonomy and sensor-integration software powering autonomous mining vehicles. You will own components spanning architecture, perception, localization, mapping, and the autonomy stack, from design to field validation.

You will collaborate with hardware, controls, and systems engineering teams to deliver safe, reliable autonomy solutions in challenging mining environments, emphasizing robustness and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical, or related engineering discipline.
• 5–10+ years developing autonomy, robotics, or embedded software, ideally for mobile robots or vehicles.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and/or Python, and with a robotics middleware such as ROS/ROS 2.
• Hands-on experience with sensor integration and fusion - LiDAR, cameras, radar, IMU, GNSS - and with perception, localization, or motion-planning algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Develop autonomy software for autonomous mining vehicles focusing on one or more area: perception, SLAM, motion planning, and control
• Integrate and calibrate the sensing suite (LiDAR, cameras, radar, IMU, GNSS), implementing sensor fusion and time synchronization robust to dust, vibration, and corrosion-heavy mining environments
• Build and maintain embedded and real-time software that bridges sensing, compute, and actuation, with attention to safety, latency, and reliability
• Develop simulation, logging, and data pipelines to test autonomy behavior and drive performance against safety and availability targets
• Lead bench, rig, and field validation of the autonomy stack, debugging across the full software-hardware boundary
• Collaborate with hardware and controls engineers to integrate sensing, compute, and actuation into a complete vehicle

Skills

C++

Python

Robotics

Sensor fusion

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics/Robotics/CS/EE

Tools

ROS/ROS 2

Job description

Mariana Minerals seeks a Machine Learning Engineer (Autonomy) to build autonomy and sensor-integration software powering autonomous mining vehicles. You will own components spanning architecture, perception, localization, mapping, and the autonomy stack, from design to field validation.

You will collaborate with hardware, controls, and systems engineering teams to deliver safe, reliable autonomy solutions in challenging mining environments, emphasizing robustness and performance.