Senior Payloads Software Engineer: Autonomous Systems

Forterra

Clarksburg (MD)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 200,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits
PTO 20 days
Parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
401(k) plan
Life/AD&D insurance

Job summary

Forterra is seeking a senior software engineer to design, develop, and field software for autonomous robotics and automation technologies used by national security customers worldwide. You will work across sensory, compute, and control subsystems and partner with engineers, researchers, and product managers to build robust software for complex systems.

The role requires hands-on experience in integrating software on hardware platforms, strong C/C++ skills, and familiarity with robotics

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of relevant experience in software for autonomous systems.
  • BS in computer science, engineering, robotics, or related field.
  • Experience integrating software on hardware with sensors and compute platforms.
  • Strong C/C++ programming skills preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Integrate and deploy payloads on customer hardware and validate in real world.
  • Collaborate with users to deliver new behaviors and mission use-cases.
  • Optimize sensing, compute, and controls for system performance.
  • Analyze test results and drive issues to resolution with teams.
  • Coordinate across BD and engineering to translate requirements into autonomy capabilities.

Skills

C/C++
Robotics
Software integration
CAN/CAN-FD
ROS2
Python
Team collaboration

Education

B.S. in CS/Engineering

Tools

JIRA
ROS2
Logging tools

Job description

Forterra is seeking a senior software engineer to design, develop, and field software for autonomous robotics and automation technologies used by national security customers worldwide. You will work across sensory, compute, and control subsystems and partner with engineers, researchers, and product managers to build robust software for complex systems.

The role requires hands-on experience in integrating software on hardware platforms, strong C/C++ skills, and familiarity with robotics

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