Sr. Robotics Systems Engineer

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

At Tennant, we are growing in exciting areas such as Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR), IoT/Connected machines, and new Power Sources.  We are seeking an experienced Robotic Systems Engineer with in-depth technical domain knowledge and strong, demonstrated leadership in systems design, integration, and program execution to join our team. We want someone who is excited by the prospect of applying new technologies to tackle complex problems, someone who is passionate about building great products, and who thrives in a continuous improvement growth culture.  As part of our team, you will contribute significantly to the delivery of our award-winning products & services around the world, working to develop new sources of data-driven value for Tennant Company and our customers.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with organizational leaders, team members, and stakeholders to translate high-level business requirements into well-designed, implemented, and documented solutions.
• Lead Systems architecture design and implementation with a focus on key systems, hardware, and software architectural goals.
• Develop model-based system engineering artifacts over the entire project life cycle. Conduct tradeoff analyses and team discussions to select the best design solutions.
• Provide technical leadership to the team during the development process, including scoping, estimation, detailed design, development, testing, maintenance, and support. Provide guidance and feedback to other engineers.
• Develop and execute system-level verification and validation plans.
• Lead development and adoption of best-in-class engineering practices, frameworks, and tools.
• Keep abreast of industry developments and new technologies. Evaluate new offerings/suppliers.
• Support demonstrations to key stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Robotics, System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related discipline with at least 5 years of experience (OR Bachelor’s with at least 8 years of experience) in architecture/system design, implementation, and test. Job levels are determined based on a candidates skill set and past experience.
• Expertise in System Engineering processes, including requirement management, documents managements, traceability, verification, and validation of mobile robot systems
• Experience with core mobile robotics and autonomy concepts such as kinematic and dynamic modeling, perception, path planning, simulation, and GUIs.
• Experience working with internal teams and external partners/vendors to develop mobile robotics and autonomy solutions for a variety of applications (ex. industrial, retail, outdoor).
• Experience with analyzing industry standards (ex. IEC 62061, ISO 13849, IEC 63227) for commercial equipment and robotics, and applying them to generate safe, compliant designs.
• Experience with safety-related activities such as risk analysis and FMEA.
• Experience with system modeling (ex. Matlab/Simulink) and requirements management tools (ex. Visure, DOORS).
• Experience with the development tools including software version control (ex. Bitbucket), task tracking (ex. JIRA), data and document/design configuration systems (ex. Confluence, SharePoint, etc.). Experience with scoping of development projects and use of project tracking tools (ex. MS Project).
• Software development experience (Python/C/C++, Linux, ROS).

Skills

• Ability to present complex technical content to team members, management, and external customers and influence the strategic direction of the business.
• Able to work effectively in an innovative, fast-paced environment with strong multi-tasking ability.
• Capability to identify opportunities for improvement and to introduce new practices/tools that improve Systems Design quality and efficiency.
• Capable of leading technical teams through structured problem solving and drive root cause identification and corrective action leading to timely resolution.
• Ability to mentor other engineers and designers throughout the development cycle.

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Tennant Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of individual skill, ability, reliability, productivity, and other factors important to performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, military service, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information (including family medical history), marital status, gender identity or expression, parental status, political or any other non-merit based factors protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.