Senior Robotics Software Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA

Founded in 2015, Acubed is the Silicon Valley innovation center of Airbus. As a global leader in aerospace, Airbus aims to make things fly. Our mission is to provide a lens into the future for the industry, transforming risk into opportunity to build the future of flight now.

At Acubed, we strive to propel innovation to market faster, broaden the talent pool in emerging aerospace careers and simultaneously help drive a culture change across Airbus.

WAYFINDER

Our Wayfinder team is building scalable, certifiable autonomy systems to power the next generation of commercial aircraft. Our team of experts is driving the maturation of machine learning and other core technologies for autonomous flight; we are creating a reference architecture that includes hardware, software, and a data-driven development process to allow aircraft to perceive and react to their environment. Autonomous flight is transforming the transportation industry, and our team is at the heart of this revolution.

The Opportunity/ Role Description

As a Senior Robotics Software Engineer you will be a key developer of our autonomous hardware and software stack that will be integrated with the flight lab onboard our test aircraft. You will help develop and deploy our inference engine to guarantee proper execution of our AI stack in the aircraft while simultaneously collecting data for the data driven development execution of the Wayfinder project. This is the building block for further work to expand our flight lab’s autonomous capabilities for automatic taxi, take-off and landing functionalities. 

This position has significant potential contributions for the next Airbus commercial aircraft.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to architecture designs and then build software and hardware stacks that will allow us to collect and run inference on our aircraft 
  • Contribute to the core algorithm development such as integration with ROS 2, sensor calibration, accurate localization with GNSS/INS with RTK and more
  • Contribute to CI/CD, health monitoring, Over-the-air updates, data collection backup and transfer management
  • Support prototype and demo of new functionalities like pilot assistant, obstacle detection, by adding integration wrappers and additions to  HMI.
  • Work closely with our product owners, ML and Data teams to make sure the autonomous data collection platform meets their requirements
  • Participate in code reviews and design discussions
  • Work with ML to port their models and run in our embedded hardware platform

Qualifications:

  • Master degree in robotics, computer science or 11 + years of relevant experience 
  • 5 to 8 years of experience in low level programming languages like C, C++, high level programming languages like Python and experience developing software for robotics or other autonomous applications
  • Experience DVT, unit and integrated testing of hardware and software systems
  • Experience with ROS, Autoware or other similar protocols
  • Experience with embedded and edge computing systems to run real-time inference programs 
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Effective communication and presentation abilities

Nice To Have:

  • Extensive knowledge of ROS 2 in aviation related applications
  • Broad familiarity with INS/GNSS position locating systems and worked with Inertial Navigation Systems to include MEMs and FOG IMU hardware
  • Familiarity with vision based systems
  • Passion for autonomous technology and innovation in aviation
  • Proven ability to port ML models from python to C++
  • A love for aviation and ideally a licensed pilot or pursuing a license 

Compensation:

The estimated salary range for this position is $159,000 to $207,000 annually, plus bonus incentives and a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, paid time off and holidays, 401(k), Flexible Spending Account & Health Saving Account, Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan, flight training, and more.  Your exact compensation is determined by your location, skills, and experience. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided upon an offer of employment. These ranges are subject to change. 

Why Join Us?

Be a part of a dynamic team that values creativity, collaboration, innovation and problem solving.  At Acubed, your contributions will directly impact our digital future.  We welcome diverse perspectives and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment.

Acubed is committed to creating a fair and equitable workplace for all. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities.

Acubed Requirements

All job offers at Acubed are contingent upon the candidate passing references, background and export control checks.

* Please Note that Acubed does not offer sponsorship of employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this role.

 

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