About the Team

The Field Software Team develops data collection, robotic localization, and robotic autonomy software for Gecko Robotics. We are at the forefront of making data collection efficient, repeatable, and high quality across multiple sensor modalities and robotic platforms. We work to understand new data types, the requirements of inspections and any operational failure modes that must be mitigated with our systems.

*Role at a Glance *

This is a senior-level position requiring 6+ years of experience in writing simulation and test software.

As a Lead Simulation and Test Software engineer on the Field Software Team, you will lead a team of engineers to design and develop offline test infrastructure that accelerates Gecko's efforts in data collection, robotic localization and autonomy. Your work will be critical to Gecko's ability to scale its universe of field software applications.

What you will do

• Develop simulation and test infrastructure for Gecko's field software team including:

  • CI/CD test infrastructure

  • Log replay capabilities

  • Metrics generation pipelines

  • Data simulation for all of our diverse capabilities, including:

    • Modeling of robot dynamics 

    • Modeling of sensor data

  • Test tracking tooling

• Manage a team of 3-4 contributors, with opportunities for further growth

• Be an active contributor to the Field Software codebase

• Design,  implement, and test simulation and testing frameworks that accelerate the development of the field software team

• Understand key stakeholder requirements and leverage stakeholder input in your designs

• Coach and mentor junior engineers on the team

• Contribute to expanding the Intellectual Property portfolio of the company

About You

*Required Skills : *

• 6+ years demonstrated experience in software engineering

• Prior experience as a people manager or team lead

• Expert production programming experience in  C++ and Python

• Demonstrated skill leading large system designs

• Demonstrated skill at collaborating across teams and departments on large projects

• Demonstrated skill in gathering system requirements and identifying key stakeholders.

• Experience implementing CI/CD frameworks for large systems

• Experience in building workflows with Github

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform

Preferred Skills :

• Prior experience with commercial test tracking tooling

• Experience building test frameworks for robotic systems

• Experience building out CI/CD in a multi-repo environment

• Proficient in creating simulation scenarios using robotics simulation engines (Gazebo, IsaacSim) or game engines (Unity, Unreal, etc.).

• Skills in system identification