Autonomy Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Integrate and deploy autonomy software on customer-bound hardware platforms
• Collaborate with end-users to deliver new behaviors and payload integrations
• Optimize autonomous vehicle performance across sensing, compute, and controls
• Analyze test results and drive issues to resolution with engineering teams
• Implement enhancements to the core autonomy stack
• Translate customer requirements into delivered autonomy capabilities

Requirements

• B.S. in computer science, engineering, robotics, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Experience integrating software on hardware products
• Strong programming skills in C++, Python, or Java
• Solid software design, unit testing, and debugging skills
• Track record of delivering production-quality software in CI environments
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and software design principles

Preferred Qualifications

• Software development for robotics and autonomous systems
• ROS2
• State machines and motion/path planning
• Navigation, mapping, and robot perception
• Real-time operating systems and embedded programming

Benefits

• Premium healthcare with 80% company-covered premiums
• Life/AD&D and disability insurance fully covered
• Generous holiday calendar including winter break
• 20 days accrued PTO annually
• Minimum 7 weeks fully paid parental leave
• $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend
• 401(k) with company match up to 4%

About the Company

Forterra builds autonomous systems and integrated networks that deliver weapons, sensors, and battlefield effects through fleets of ground vehicles. The company focuses on distributed control, dynamic routing, and real-time responsiveness for national security customers.