GNC Engineer Intern

Your Title: GNC Engineer Intern

Job Location:

Our Department: Trimble Agriculture

Does redesigning algorithms from the ground up excite you?

Are you looking for a new team with an amazing culture?

Do you want to be a part of revolutionizing the agriculture industry?

What You Will Do

You would be joining the core development team for these systems. The work would include developing/maintaining core algorithms for steering/automating agricultural vehicles (tractors, harvesters, combines, sprayers, etc...), using MATLAB/Simulink or ROS/C/C++ to model/develop/maintain the algorithms, analyzing and tweaking vehicle performance, and integrating functionality into releasable products.

Your Primary Duties

• Design, development and productization of state estimation and/or control algorithms
• Working with Matlab/Simulink and model-based design (MBD)
• Utilizing your experience with sensor fusion and filter design (e.g UKF, EKF) for odometry/pose estimation
• Development, characterization and validation of non-linear vehicle dynamics plant models
• Deploying and profiling algorithm performance on real-time hardware/operating systems
• Defining system/software architecture
• Foster ongoing testing and testability in building quality products

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

• GNC algorithm development experience for dynamic physical systems (e.g. ground vehicles)
• Proficient with Matlab & Simulink and/or C++ & ROS ecosystem
• Familiar with C/C++ programming languages and compilation process
• Extensive experience with test, verification, validation and productization of algorithms
• Experience with requirements decomposition and management tools
• Experience leading small technical project and project management

What Skills & Experience You Could Bring

• Practical estimation experience, specifically in the Agriculture industry, including on ground experience with Tractors, Combines, Harvesters, etc
• Proficiency in production-grade C/C++ software development
• HIL and SIL testing
• Simulink auto-code generation
• GNSS+IMU based navigation
• Autonomous/Semi-autonomous vehicle control
• Experience with Systems Identification, SimMechanics, Simscape and Robotics Toolboxes
• Safety-critical software development and certification
• Missile, ship, submarine, or autonomous vehicle guidance, navigation & control background
• Advanced degrees are highly desirable

Information to Review:

The following links are recommended in order to better your understanding of Trimble, and the products available within this particular division.

• Trimble
• Trimble Agriculture
• Trimble Agriculture -- Guidance & Steering
• Trimble Agriculture's Blog

Videos to Review:

• Trimble: Innovation at its best
• Trimble: A History of Outstanding Innovations
• Trimble: Life's Work
• Trimble Agriculture Solutions
• Trimble Agriculture Intro

About Our Agriculture Division

Trimble Agriculture provides solutions that solve complex technology challenges across the entire agricultural supply chain. The solutions enable farmers and advisors to allocate scarce resources to produce a safe, reliable food supply in a profitable and environmentally sustainable manner. Covering all seasons, crops, terrains and farm sizes, Trimble precision agriculture solutions can be used on most equipment on the farm, regardless of manufacturer. Driving efficiency and profitability in the field, we offer field solutions for vehicles and implement guidance and steering; flow and application control; irrigation, drainage, and land leveling; harvest and yield monitoring; and a broad suite of correction services to meet your accuracy needs.

Trimble Ag is seeking a Vehicle Controls Systems Engineer with firmware experience to join their vehicle steering and guidance team. The Trimble Ag vehicle steering and guidance team is the industry leader in semi-autonomous vehicle steering systems for a variety of vehicles/applications in Agriculture/Farming.

About Trimble

Trimble is an exciting, entrepreneurial company, with a history of exceptional growth coupled with a disciplined and strategic focus on being the best. Our solutions are used in over 140 countries and we have incredibly diverse lines of business.

Our employees represent this diversity and can be found in over 30 countries, working closely with their colleagues around the world. Due to our geographic, product and customer reach, there is plenty of room at Trimble for exceptional people to grow. Come position yourself with an innovative industry leader and position yourself for success.

Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity, and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware, and services are transforming a broad range of industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial, and transportation and logistics.