Research Engineer III
The Texas A&M University System6 months ago
Bryan, TX, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain multi-agent coordination software for task allocation, decentralized path planning, and coordinated multi-vehicle behaviors.
- Develop efficient Python and C++ code for embedded hardware and ROS2-based distributed systems.
- Implement communication protocols and data-sharing architectures for heterogeneous air and ground assets.
- Optimize perception and navigation stacks across tactical UTVs, UGVs, UAVs, and other hardware platforms.
- Develop simulation environments and validate multi-agent strategies before field deployment.
- Select sensors and perform hands-on hardware-software integration and tuning for perception, navigation, and coordination systems.
- Test and deploy applications and ROS2 nodes in simulation and on physical platforms.
- Design experiments, evaluate system performance, participate in demonstrations, and document results.
- Produce technical documentation, system requirements, user manuals, reports, presentations, and peer-reviewed publications.
- Collaborate with faculty, senior staff, and project leads to translate research goals into software requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Four years of related experience.
- Advanced proficiency in modern C++ and Python for robotics and distributed systems.
- Ability to perform hardware-software integration and troubleshoot field-deployed systems.
- Familiarity with ROS2 or similar distributed middleware, Linux-based development environments, networking fundamentals, robotic sensors, and multi-level simulation tools.
- Must be able to obtain a U.S. Department of War Security Clearance.
- Position is restricted to U.S. citizens only.
- Strong communication, technical writing, collaboration, multitasking, and teamwork abilities.
- Familiarity with Agile project management in an R&O context.
Benefits
- Competitive health benefits, paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
- Defined benefit retirement plan with employer contribution through the Teachers Retirement System of Texas; eligible employees may have access to a defined contribution plan through an approved ORP vendor.
- Additional voluntary tax-deferred annuity options, tuition assistance, and wellness programs.
- On-site field experimentation and testing at the RELLIS campus in Bryan, Texas.
Tech Stack
Categories
Robotics
About The Texas A&M University System
The Texas A&M University System is a public higher-education and research system that operates 12 universities, a comprehensive health science center, eight state agencies, Texas A&M–Fort Worth, and the RELLIS Campus. It educates students, conducts research, commercializes technology, and delivers extension and public-service programs across Texas, funded by state appropriations, tuition, grants, and contracts. Headquartered in the Bryan–College Station area, the System coordinates systemwide services and shared infrastructure through its System Offices.