What are the responsibilities and job description for the Embedded Software Engineer (Innovation Team) position at Kubota?
BASIC PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITIONThe Embedded Software Engineer will be responsible to design, develop, and maintain industrial-grade applications for embedded automation application systems within off-highway machinery. The Embedded Engineer will collaborate with a cross-functional team to develop off-highway vehicle automation and telemetry solutions.
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES: This position does the following in accordance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws / regulations and the Company’s policies, procedures, and guidelines:
Work with a cross-functional team to design, test, and develop software components written in C on a proprietary hardware platform running a scheduler, real-time operating system, Linux, or ROS2.
Work with stakeholders to define and develop automation software for off-road vehicles.
Design and maintain vehicle simulations used for performance analyses and functional safety validation.
Design and develop machine learning algorithms to support off-road automation.
Ability to bring up and debug new hardware platforms.
Generate all documentation relevant to software operation.
Work with System Verification and Validation in field testing new systems and algorithms.
Generate rapid prototypes for feasibility testing.
Communicate effectively with customers on technical or sensitive issues.
Provide on-site customer support when required (only on very sensitive or urgent issues).
Other related duties as assigned by management.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics or a related field required.
At least five years of experience programming in C required.
At least five years embedded microprocessor experience, ARM preferred.
Experience managing container and container orchestration technologies, such as Docker preferred.
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases preferred.
Fluency in Linux development environments.
Experience performing vehicle dynamics simulations preferred.
Knowledge of GIS or mapping integration is preferred.
Experience with computer vision and/or video processing is preferred.
Willingness to travel 20%.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:Office: Typical office environment. Field: Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. The position will require walking, standing and sitting in field, shop, office and computer environments.
DISCLAIMER:The information provided in the description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents within the classification. This description is not intended to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications and working conditions required of employees assigned to this job/classification. This job is intended to include the current essential functions of the job. Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities and to designate other functions as essential at any time.
