Principal Engineer

Oshkosh Corporation is a leading manufacturer of access equipment, including mobile elevating work platforms, telehandlers, and utility vehicles. We are committed to delivering innovative solutions to the access market and partnering with customers to provide quality equipment, training opportunities, and trusted support.

We are seeking a Principal Engineer - Autonomy Systems to join our Technology Development Team. In this role, you will be responsible for the development and implementation of autonomy systems into our product line of Boom Lifts, Scissor Lifts, and Telehandlers.

• Perform essential autonomy development tasks, including system trade studies, component modeling of inertial measurement units (IMU), global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), camera, radar, LiDAR, and simulation of navigation algorithms, particularly Bayesian filters.
• Propose and evaluate architecture concepts, perform architecture and technology trade-off analysis.
• Define and validate requirements for sensors and state estimation software, including sensor selection, monitoring, fault detection, and sensor fusion.
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team to develop and integrate complex hardware/software systems.
• Participate in rapid prototyping activities to develop advanced sensing and autonomy capabilities.
• Contribute to architecture concepts, operational concepts, and technology trade-off analyses.
• Analyze, source, and select sensor solutions for use in the navigation system.
• Participate in requirements definition and (sub)-functions description.
• Give technical presentations and provide technical support to Autonomy/Engineering stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other related fields.
• Experience in physics-based modeling for mechanical and electrical systems.
• Minimum of 6 years experience in sensor signal processing and sensor fusion algorithms.
• Experience with navigation system and performance analysis of navigation systems and navigation state error estimation with knowledge of optimal state estimation filters such as Kalman Filter and Extended Kalman filter (EKF).
• Experience developing and integrating state estimation algorithms for localization, calibration, mapping, or SLAM applications in robotic systems.
• Experience developing algorithms which fuse many sensor modalities is a plus.
• Experience with object-oriented programming.
• Ability to interpret, develop, and integrated highly abstracted code to facilitate efficiency, modularity, and reusability.
• Experience with agile software development practices.
• Experience with embedded devices.
• Experience in a regulatory environment.
• Experience with highly automated systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proactive delivery of communication and follow up.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Must have the ability to independently prioritize and accomplish work within time constraints.
• Self-motivated and forward-thinking personality.

• Proficiency in C++ (C++11 and higher) and Python desired.
• Proficiency in Make and CMake.
• Proficiency in ROS1 or ROS2.
• Proficiency in modern software development workflows and practices, including version control, pipelines, and unit testing, and peer review.
• Proficiency in optimization algorithms, computer vision, and machine learning.

$89,500.00 - $140,500.00

The above pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations. Within this range, individual pay is determined by various factors, including the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education, and skills, as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions.

Beyond offering a competitive total rewards package, we prioritize a people-first culture and offer various opportunities to support team member growth and success.

Oshkosh Corporation is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us.

Oshkosh Corporation is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. This company will provide equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.