Research Engineer III - Teamed Autonomy

Job Title

Research Engineer III - Teamed Autonomy

Agency

Texas A&M University System Offices

Department

Bush Combat Development Complex

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

Bryan, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

The System Offices is one of several system members within the Texas A&M University System representing one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a network of 12 universities, a comprehensive health science center, nine state agencies, and the RELLIS Campus. The Texas A&M University System mission is to provide education, conduct research, commercialize technology, offer training, and deliver services for the people of Texas and beyond.

The System Offices, within the Texas A&M University System, provides an outstanding benefits package including, but not limited to: competitive health benefits; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; a defined benefit retirement plan to include an employer contribution through Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS); if applicable, a defined contribution retirement plan to include an employer contribution through an approved ORP vendor: additional voluntary tax deferred annuity (TDA) options; tuition assistance; and wellness programs to promote work/life balance.

Salary:

$5,084.33 - $8,750.00 per month commensurate with experience.

Job Description Summary:

The Research Engineer - Teamed Autonomy independently applies advanced knowledge of scientificresearch or engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields at the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC). The Coordinated Air-Ground VehicleManeuvering team at BCDC is investigating air-ground cooperative autonomy to extend the sensingcapabilities and leverage heterogeneous fleet resources. This research aids in the understandingand development of methods and technologies that advance future unmanned air, ground, and maritimevehicle systems operating in unstructured environments. The goal is to help facilitate effectiveintelligent vehicle interactions with service members to foster the trust essential to formingefficient teams. Successful, intelligent vehicles will increase unit capabilities, situationalawareness, mobility, and speed of action. The research team regularly demonstrates the developingtechnologies that enable coordinated movement, via shared situational awareness with ourheterogeneous multi-vehicle fleet in the diverse off-road terrain at the RELLIS campus.

Responsibilities:

- Designs and implements algorithms and accompanying documentation to augment autonomous vehicle behaviors.

- Produces efficient code subject to computational resources to function in real-time systems.

- Tests and deploys programs, applications, and ROS nodes in simulation and on hardware platforms.

- Troubleshoots, debugs, maintains, and improves existing software and algorithms.

- Develops technicaldocumentation to aid future project developments. - Performs system hardware integration and tuning to support field-testing needs.

- Contributes to real-world experiment designs and corresponding metrics to test capabilityenhancements of complex multi-agent systems.

- Participates in demonstrations to stakeholders, reviews and evaluates results, and establishes conclusions based on capability performance.

- Generates system requirements based on field testing and demonstration results.

- Collaborates with faculty, research engineers and stakeholders to identify end-user requirementsand specifications. - Significant contributions to in technical reports and presentations and presents results of research projects to internal and external stakeholders.

- Participates in team research activities. Creates opportunities to enhance technical methodology or content through expansion of existing, or development of, new efforts; may extend technology into new application areas; contributes or leads in major intellectual development activities.

- Other duties asassigned.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Four years of relevant experience.

- Experience working in Linux operating systems environments. - Experience with software development in Python or C++.

Registration, Certifications, and Licenses:

- Must be able to gain and maintain a DoD (Department of Defense) security clearance.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

- Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey technical information clearly andeffectively through informal and formal documents, reports, and presentations to senior management. - Strong technical writing skills. - Highly collaborative and able to work in a team-based environment. - Familiarity with principles of Agile project management and technology development.

- Ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others.

Other Requirements:

This is a security-sensitive position and is restricted to U.S. citizens only. Only complete applications will be considered for employment at The Texas A&M System Offices. Incomplete job application data could result in your application being rejected without an option to reapply. A cover letter and resume may be required in addition to a completed employment application.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.