RESEARCH ENGINEER – AUTONOMOUS DRIVING PREDEVELOPMENT i Sodertalje

Scania is now undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks, buses and engines to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions.

Autonomous Transport Solutions (ATS) Research is responsible for developing, testing and piloting future frontier ATS concepts. This work is done using agile and self-steered teams with the ambition to detect and evaluate upcoming technologies, and prepare these for industrialisation. We work in close cooperation with Volkswagen group, leading technology suppliers and academic institutions.

One of the groups within the department has the strategic and operational responsibility for the pre-development and research of next generation Perception and Localization solutions for the ATS environment.

In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to be part of setting the future of Scania’s innovative Autonomous Transport Solutions. You will be part of a highly competent multicultural team instrumental in developing cutting-edge autonomous technologies where your ideas will be encouraged and embraced.

Your work duties
As Development Engineer for ATS Perception, you will work with research, pre-development and advanced engineering of multi-sensor fusion with the goal of vehicle-surrounding object tracking and prediction. This includes contributing to design, implementation, and assessment of sensor fusion algorithms for estimating drivable surface and lane boundaries, and estimating vehicle pose, ego-motion and dynamics. The position also includes coordination of internal/external development teams and evaluation of new potential technologies.

This position is located in Södertälje and you will be a part of an agile development team.

Your profile
Required Qualifications:

• A Master’s degree and/or Phd in any engineering discipline, (Mathematics, Computer science, Physics, or similar) and work experience from similar high-tech development projects.
• You have good communication skills and knowledge in written and spoken English. International experience and cultural awareness is considered an advantage.
• You will have extensive contacts internally and externally, it is therefore important that you have the ability to collaborate, and are a good team player.
• You are a fast learner, flexible, innovative and have the ability to work independently in a dynamic, fast moving environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• In-depth knowledge in some of the common signal processing topics like Kalman filters, Particle filters, Sequential Monte Carlo, Multiple Hypothesis Tracking or other general Bayesian approaches.
• Exposure to environment perception (Camera, RADAR, LIDAR) and experience with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and vehicle prototyping.
• Experience in C++ programming, Qt Creator, Jira, Git, Perforce, NVIDIA Drive PX or any other similar tools.

This position will give you considerable responsibility and you will be able to steer and control your day-to-day work together with your team.

Are you the driving force we are looking for? Please, apply as soon as possible to one of the most interesting and challenging positions within Scania.

Scania offer
We offer an interesting and challenging job, with plenty of scope for new ideas. Scania’s culture is characterised by openness, diversity and respect for the individual. Our people are our most important resource, so we invest in employee training. We will give you the opportunity to develop your skills so you can grow with us.

As a Scania employee, you are offered several benefits in addition to personal and professional development opportunities. These benefits include mutual bonus, company car, occupational pension, flexible working hours, lunch at reduced prices and much more. If you live in Stockholm, we offer a direct bus service between Stockholm and Södertälje, Scania Job Express.

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