Autonomy System Engineer

Tata Technologies; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Technologies in Irving, TX is seeking a qualified engineer to join our Autonomy Systems integration effort, focusing on architecture verification and test execution for robotic platforms.

The role collaborates with program managers and architects to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery, develops test plans, scenarios, and procedures, and supports hardware-in-the-loop validation and iterative testing within an Agile framework.

Qualifications

• Has 5-7 years of experience in engineering testing and validation.
• Inputs to design team to ensure testing is integrated into system design.
• Creates test scenarios that verify error handling across products.
• Defines, creates, and executes test plans and cases with estimates.
• Explains approaches and tools for functional, reliability, and vulnerability testing.
• Discusses iterative testing using agile methodologies.
• Application Development Tools: knowledge of tools and toolkits for developing applications.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute full spectrum tests for multiple products.
• Create test scenarios ensuring error handling works as expected.
• Define and run test plans and cases with effort estimates.
• Support the design team to incorporate testing considerations into system design.
• Advise on iterative testing approaches within Agile workflows.
• Provide implementation support on toolkit enhancements or changes.

Skills

Test planning

Test case development

Verification & validation

Agile testing

Reliability testing

Failure analysis

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science

Tools

Test toolkits

Application development tools

Job description

• Work closely with Autonomy Systems integration engineers to ensure the product architecture requirements are fulfilled.
• Work with Technical program managers and Application Architects to ensure that program requirements are being met (time, cost, quality).
• Ensure that Base machine software changes are delivered on time for command for hauling releases. These can be NPI and CPI solutions depending on the state of the program.
• Support Field data collection kits activities. Including design support procurement, shipping to site. Data collection?
• Documenting architecture specifications, software design description, verification plans, test cases, operating procedures, and safety procedures.
• Assisting in the verification and validation process.
• Includes supporting/troubleshooting hardware in the loop and proving ground test and development.
• Participating in design and development of application software and algorithms for robotic platforms.

Education & Experience Required

• Years of experience:5-7
• Degree requirement: Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering,
• Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum

Level Extensive Experience:

• Has experience with planning and executing full spectrum of tests for multiple products.
• Provides input to design team to ensure testing considerations are incorporated into system design.
• Creates test scenarios that ensure all error handling processes perform as expected.
• Defines, creates, and executes test plans and cases; estimates time, effort and resource required.
• Explains approaches and tools for functional, reliability, and vulnerability testing.
• Discusses applications of iterative testing using agile methodologies.
• Application Development Tools: Knowledge of application and system development; ability to utilize a variety of specific tools and toolkits for developing applications.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Evaluates toolkits used to support major production systems.
• Resolves issues regarding functions, features and components of multiple toolkits. Provides implementation support on toolkit enhancements or changes. Interprets benefits and drawbacks of procedural and event-driven toolkits
• Oversees the evaluation and recommendation of delivery tools and platforms.
• Coaches’ others on appropriate uses of all major tools in a toolkit for a specific platform