Senior Autonomy Software Engineer - Mining Vehicle Systems

Linuxconfig; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Mariana Minerals is seeking Sr. and Staff Software Engineers (Autonomy) to build onboard and platform software for autonomous mining vehicles.

You’ll own sensor drivers, data pipelines, time synchronization, and the drive-by-wire interface, taking work from design to field validation on real equipment at mine sites. This hands-on role requires 5–8+ years in robotics software, with strong C++/Python, Linux, and ROS/ROS 2 skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical, or related engineering discipline.
• 5–8+ years building software for robots, vehicles, or other physical-world systems.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and/or Python, and experience with Linux and ROS/ROS 2.
• Hands-on experience with sensor drivers, data pipelines, time synchronization, or calibration for LiDAR, cameras, GNSS.
• Working knowledge of real-time and embedded systems, networking, and debugging across the software-hardware boundary.
• Experience with simulation, logging and replay, or test/deployment infrastructure for robotics systems.
• Experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, automotive, or off-highway equipment strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the onboard software stack for our autonomous mining vehicles, from sensor drivers through actuation commands, on industrial PCs that run in dust, vibration, and heat.
• Own time synchronization and calibration across LiDAR, cameras, radar, IMU, and GNSS so perception and localization get data they can trust.
• Build the pipelines that move sensor and telemetry data off the vehicle and into the cloud, including logging, recording, and labeling data for perception development and evaluation.
• Build deployment, monitoring, and fault-management tooling so we can update and operate a fleet of vehicles without logging into each one, and so the system detects and responds to software, sensor, compute, and network failures.
• Develop equipment simulations and test infrastructure, including replay of field logs, evaluation datasets, and vehicle models for acceleration, turning radius, and actuation latency.
• Integrate with drive-by-wire systems and write the low-level control logic and safety layer that connect the autonomy stack to the vehicle, including degraded operating modes and e-stop behavior.
• Work with our MineOS and mine operations teams so the autonomy system exposes the health, faults, and metrics operators need to run it safely.

Skills

C++

Python

ROS/ROS 2

Sensor data pipelines

Time synchronization

Embedded systems

Autonomous vehicles

Linux

Debugging across hardware

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical, or related engineering discipline

Job description

Mariana Minerals is seeking Sr. and Staff Software Engineers (Autonomy) to build onboard and platform software for autonomous mining vehicles.

You’ll own sensor drivers, data pipelines, time synchronization, and the drive-by-wire interface, taking work from design to field validation on real equipment at mine sites. This hands-on role requires 5–8+ years in robotics software, with strong C++/Python, Linux, and ROS/ROS 2 skills.