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Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Systems Development Engineer

Job Summary:

Our client in Ann Arbor, MI is looking for a Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Systems Development Engineer. This is a direct hire/contract position.

What You Will Do:

The Integrated Vehicle Systems (IVS) Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Systems Development Engineer to join us in creating the future of mobility as we develop next-generation Automated Driving Systems (ADS) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). If you’re a hands-on software design engineer with passion for next-generation technology and an interest in automotive, this role is for you! 

This role requires software engineering skills with customer-focused thinking, partnership with teams internal and external, and the ability to work iteratively. Flexibility and passion are a must. We pride ourselves on having fun while developing cool stuff.   

The primary responsibility of this role is to support the development of  ADSs through system development, software development, and validation related to items such as recognition, mapping, localization, path planning, and vehicle control.

Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, the person in this role will support the IVS department's objective to research, develop, validate and implement innovative ADAS (Advanced Driving Assistance Systems) and ADS technologies.

What you’ll be doing:

As Software Design Engineer in our Advanced Driving Systems (ADS) area, you’ll bring our next generation product to market.  Here’s what you’ll be doing as a member of our team:  

• Identify customer needs for ADAS through data driven assessment of technology,
• Support the evaluation and tuning of ADAS / ADS systems with a focus on North American road conditions and challenges.
• Communicate functional / performance issues through project leaders to suppliers & TMC proposing appropriate countermeasures.
• Implement quantitative benchmarking methods for ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems) on competitor vehicles using GPS, camera, or other sensors.
• Configure, modify and troubleshoot test vehicles, sensors and data acquisition equipment.
• Analyze test data and make performance change recommendations to the system owners through project leaders
• Facilitate daily communication with Japanese counterparts to align global activities and drive consensus building. 
• Summarize data logically to create easy-to-understand visualized reports for technical storytelling. To help communicate proactively with stakeholders and management toward building consensus.
• Collaborate with different IVS groups to gather key information or tasks to support production design and evaluation groups of future ADS features.
• Drive / evaluate prototype vehicles in simulated, closed track, and public road environments including the ability to gain necessary driver certifications.

Basics:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, robotics, or computer science, or equivalent bachelor’s degree.
• Creating or modifying scripts to automatically analyze vehicle data using Python (3 years of industry use experience).
• Automotive test track experience, with hands-on expertise in vehicle performance evaluation, safety testing, and data-driven analysis in dynamic track environments. (2 years).
• Experience with CAN (Controller Area Network) tools and troubleshooting (2 years).
• Experience in requirement / specification creation following agile or waterfall software development process. (3 years).
• Experience in developing camera or sensor recognition of objects involving lane detection, pedestrian detection, stitching images and use of algorithms such as Gaussian filters, Gradient calculation, Edge detection, etc.
• Experience in benchmarking competitor ADAS systems with quantitative analysis.
• Strong visual presentation skills with consideration of international audiences.
• Strong time management and task prioritization skills.
• This position requires driving. A motor vehicle record acceptable by company standards is required for this position. 
• Willingness to work overtime, when necessary, up to 20% of the time.
• Willingness to work a hybrid work style. Attend in person meetings 3-4 days per week.
• Willingness to travel both domestically and internationally up to 20% of the time.

Preferred:

• Master of Science (or higher) in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent technical area.
• Experience designing products in areas of automotive engineering or robotics.
• General knowledge of vehicle control; propulsion, braking, steering, etc.
• Experience with Python programming.
• Experience in realizing real time control solutions for robotics or other automated mobile systems.
• Experience in developing or evaluating ADAS/ADS technologies such as mapping, localization, path planning, and/or control, including quantitative performance comparisons against benchmark competitors.
• Experience with camera, radar, lidar, or sonar technologies.
• Experience in collecting and analyzing data from simulations or test vehicles.

How You Will Be Successful:

• Envision the Future
• Communicate Honestly and Broadly
• Seek Technology and Business “First”
• Embrace Diversity and Take Risks

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Discounts
• Free training on all Altair products

Why Work with Us:

Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com

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Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.