Advance Technologies - Autonomy Engineering Intern

Posted:
9/10/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Maryland, United States ⋅ Hagerstown, Maryland, United States

Experience Level(s):
Internship

Field(s):
Software Engineering

About JLG, an Oshkosh company

JLG began in 1969, when our founder, John L. Grove set out to resolve growing safety concerns in the construction industry. Since then we have been committed to understanding the challenges and delivering innovative solutions to the access market. We partner with customers to provide quality equipment, training opportunities and trusted support within the access industry. We are a global company, and our products—including mobile elevating work platforms, telehandlers, utility vehicles and accessories—can be found all over the world.

The Advance Technologies - Autonomy Engineering Intern will provide support for the Software Engineering team. Activities will include designing reliable, functional, and cost-effective vehicle control software; develop and test programming for vehicles and systems; support various systems through troubleshooting or reprogramming the system. This role will work on a variety of key projects and initiatives ranging from simple tasks to more complex analytical projects.

YOUR IMPACT

  • Assist the advanced technologies group (design, industrial, electrical, controls, etc.) with multiple tasks involving the systems engineering functions.

  • Contribute to the development of a fully autonomous robot using a JLG machine

  • Investigate novel aspects of autonomy such as motion planning, navigation, and perception

  • Collaborate with cross functional groups to define stakeholder needs.

  • Support the development of requirements, design, and verification within team projects.

  • Generate engineering calculations to support trade-off analysis and simulations.

  • Assist in the development of system prototypes to validate requirements.

  • Perform or assist in the testing of complete machines or vehicle sub-systems.

  • Design, model and test new systems that integrate with a machine.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Student working towards a Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Robotics, Software Engineering or other related engineering field.

  • Experience with navigation system and performance analysis of navigation systems

  • Experience developing and integrating state estimation algorithms for localization, calibration, mapping, or SLAM applications in robotic systems.

  • Experience with object-oriented programming.

  • Proactive delivery of communication and follow up.

  • Must have the ability to independently prioritize and accomplish work within time constraints.

  • Experience with ROS2, C++, and Python

  • Ability to maintain confidentiality of various degrees of information.

                  

STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS

  • Previous internship experience or work-related experience.

  • Ability to work independently while prioritizing workload.

  • Proficiency in modern software development workflows and practices, including version control, pipelines, and unit testing, and peer review.

  • Flexible and adaptable to working under tight deadlines and/or changing needs.

  • A desire to learn multiple disciplines of engineering.

WHY JLG, AN OSHKOSH COMPANY?

Moving the future forward is our priority and this includes your future. We encourage professional development and champion our employees’ success through various skills and training opportunities. Named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies™ by Ethisphere Institute for six consecutive years, everything we do at Oshkosh is guided by our core values and the ~15k+ team members around the world who embody them.

We put people first. We do the right thing. We persevere. We are better together.

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