Autonomy Localization Integration Engineer

Forterra; Clarksburg (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Life/AD&D

Holiday calendar

PTO 20 days/year

Parental leave 7 weeks

Tuition reimbursement

Beverages

401(k) with match

Job summary

Forterra is seeking a Localization Integration Engineer to deploy and scale our navigation and localization software across vehicle platforms. You will work with state estimation and navigation engineers to ensure GNSS/INS-based localization performs reliably across diverse sensors and compute platforms.

This role suits hands-on integrators who debug real-world systems, build robust interfaces between hardware and software, and help bring platforms from prototype to production.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2–8 years of relevant experience in robotics, autonomy, automotive, or embedded systems.
• Understanding of state estimation concepts (EKF, UKF) sufficient to support integration and debugging.
• Experience with vehicle testing and field debugging.

Responsibilities

• Integrate Forterra’s localization software onto new vehicle platforms and compute environments.
• Bring up and validate new GNSS, IMU, encoder, and other navigation sensors.
• Develop and maintain hardware/software interfaces (e.g., encoder processor modules, new sensor drivers, communication interfaces).
• Debug system-level issues across the stack — from sensor inputs through state estimation outputs.
• Support vehicle testing, data collection, and performance validation.
• Collaborate with state estimation engineers to tune configurations and resolve integration‑specific issues.
• Build tools and scripts to support calibration, validation, and performance analysis.
• Coordinate localization software versioning and platform‑specific dependencies, working closely with DevOps to ensure reliable and reproducible releases.
• Occasionally travel to support on‑site vehicle bring‑up and testing.

Skills

State estimation concepts (EKF/UKF)

Vehicle testing

Field debugging

Autonomy/robotics

Education

B.S./M.S. in Engineering/Robotics/CS

Tools

ROS2

CAN

Ethernet

Serial interfaces

Job description

Forterra is seeking a Localization Integration Engineer to deploy and scale our navigation and localization software across vehicle platforms. You will work with state estimation and navigation engineers to ensure GNSS/INS-based localization performs reliably across diverse sensors and compute platforms.

This role suits hands-on integrators who debug real-world systems, build robust interfaces between hardware and software, and help bring platforms from prototype to production.