Senior Perception / Robotics Software Engineer

About Us:

At Intramotev, we are dedicated to revolutionizing the freight industry by liberating tons of freight from congested highways, reducing carbon emissions, and enhancing transportation efficiency. We are deploying self-propelled battery-electric railcars to transform freight logistics and bring innovation to our rail network. Based in St. Louis, MO, we are committed to promoting industrial revitalization, saving lives, and minimizing the environmental impact of trucking.  We actively foster a work environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunities for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a Senior Perception / Robotics Software Engineer to join the engineering team supporting growing demands in the development of autonomous, self-propelled rail vehicles. This role is pivotal in advancing our autonomous capabilities through the design and development of sensor integration, processing, and response.

Key Responsibilities:

• System Development: Collaborate with stakeholders to define and document autonomous system capability requirements
• Design & Development: Design and develop perception system to enable autonomous vehicle operations
• Testing & Validation: Test and validate perception and autonomous system performance to ensure both operational and functional requirements are met
• Lifecycle Support: Address and resolve issues related to fielded systems, providing comprehensive support throughout the product lifecycle
• Innovation & Research: Stay abreast of technological advancements and recommend potential applications and technology investments to enhance our solutions

Team Dynamics:

• Work within dynamic teams of 3-10 members on diverse projects
• Foster excellent interpersonal and communication skills to thrive in a collaborative environment
• Adapt to evolving project objectives and requirements introduced through prioritized capability enhancements
• Engage in occasional domestic or international travel for data collection, integration, demonstrations, and customer interactions

Why Join Us?

• Career Growth: Develop your career with a forward-thinking company dedicated to transforming rail technology
• Innovative Environment: Contribute to groundbreaking projects that bridge the past and future of rail transport
• Impactful Work: Be a key player in creating solutions that promote a more sustainable and efficient rail network

About You:

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineer, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 5 or more years of experience developing software systems, including with robotics, sensing, perception, and/or automation
• A strong understanding of the principles of robotics, computer algorithms, and software development best practices
• Experience with C++ and Python
• Open-minded and comfortable working in a teaming environment
• Fluent in both written and verbal English
• U.S. Person (immigration or work visa sponsorship will not be provided)
• 3 or more years of experience with two or more skills listed below:
  • Sensor fusion combining data from camera, radar, and/or lidar to develop solutions for tracking objects in three-dimensional space
  • Localization and Tracking
  • Developing, deploying, and modifying detection and/or classification algorithms.  Experience can be with classical or ML-based methods
  • Designing, implementing, and deploying image processing pipelines
  • Improving image processing model or pipeline runtime performance on embedded hardware
  • Defining and implementing testable metrics for evaluating perception system performance. Designing experiments and efficiently evaluating large data volumes
  • Writing sensor drivers and/or optimizing data flow/pre-processing/pipeline performance

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience with end-to-end perception system development for autonomous systems
• Experience creating customer facing perception or autonomy systems
• Experience deploying models with TensorRT and ONNX
• Technical publications (CVPR, ICCV, IEEE, etc), or intellectual property creation
• Experience in directly applicable industry or projects, such as Rail, Electric Vehicles, or Unmanned Systems

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Full time, based in St. Louis, MO.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Intramotev is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

If you're passionate about software engineering and eager to lead the charge in autonomous rail technology, we’d love to hear from you!