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    Senior Launchpad Engineer - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxa Autonomy

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    Who are we?

    Oxa is enabling the transition to self-driving vehicles through an initial focus on the most commercially advanced sector; the autonomous shuttling of goods and people.

    We are home to some of the world's leading experts on autonomous vehicles, creating solutions such as Oxa Driver, equipping vehicles with full self-driving functionality; Oxa MetaDriver, using Generative AI to accelerate and assure the safety of deployments; and Oxa Hub, a set of cloud-based offerings for autonomous fleet management. Our technology is being deployed across the UK and the , and we're partnering with a fast-growing ecosystem of operators, vehicle OEMs and equipment makers serving autonomous transportation globally as it advances.

    Based in Oxford, and with offices in Canada and the , Oxa was founded in 2014 and is growing rapidly (350+ 'Oxbots' to date). Our purpose is to change the way the Earth moves, through an uncompromising focus on safety, efficiency and explainability of our AI approaches. The company has attracted $225 million from leading investors so far, with $140 million raised in the last Series C funding round in January 2023.

    Your team

    You will be joining the Launchpad stream, a team focused on preparing our software to be launch-ready by testing our cutting-edge code, integrating new features, and ensuring the highest quality for our customers. At the Launchpad, we assess software performance in real-world conditions by working directly with our vehicles. We then leverage this knowledge to create virtual scenarios in the cloud, enabling us to test the quality of our software at a member of Launchpad you will acquire a comprehensive understanding of the system's components and interactions, identifying the areas for improvement and acting as an initial customer to drive our technical capabilities forwards. We are a team of problem solvers and keen roboticists who enjoy looking at the big picture and tackling challenges, and we are devoted to perfecting our software both in the real and the virtual worlds to deliver the best possible version of our vision for Universal Autonomy.

    Your role

  • Lead a cross-functional team in the field to operate, test, and debug our autonomy systems in the real world.
  • Build, upgrade and maintain maps for testing our vehicles in the real world.
  • Investigate and analyse data to enable issues to be identified and resolved.
  • Identify and design scenarios to test in software-in-the-loop simulation to scale our testing capabilities.
  • Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary (and multicultural) teams, communicating technical requirements and working together to find solutions.
  • Identify functionality gaps, contributing to the development of hotfixes and new features.
  • Feed into best practice, and strategy for release integration and refinement testing for Oxa software products.
  • This is a hybrid role which will require working hands-on with autonomous vehicles.
  • Requirements

  • A degree (or equivalent experience) in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science or related subject.
  • Good problem solving skills and data-driven approach to troubleshooting
  • Ability to manage workload and adaptable in the face of challenges.
  • Ability to work flexibly with shifting priorities
  • Previous technical leadership experience on projects
  • Some experience in software development
  • Ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams, communicating within different spaces

    Extra kudos if you have:
  • Experience in deployment of systems in the field
  • Experience with C++ or Python in industry
  • Experience with distributed version control system (eg. Git, Mercurial,SVN)
  • Experience in fields related to autonomous vehicles, like robotics or automotive
  • Proven experience of debugging complex systems
  • Experience of using Linux/Unix
  • A Full UK Drivers Licence
  • Benefits

  • We provide:
  • Competitive salary, benchmarked against the market and reviewed annually
  • Hybrid and/or flexible work arrangements
  • An outstanding £2,000 flexible benefits including private medical insurance, critical illness coverage, life assurance, EAP, group income protection
  • A salary exchange pension plan
  • 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
  • A pet-friendly office environment
  • Safe assigned spaces for team members with individual and diverse needs
  • We promote an open and inclusive culture that empowers our Oxbots to bring their whole, authentic selves to work every day. Oxa is proud to be an inclusive organisation and, as such, we require all team members within our recruitment process to understand and deploy best practices focused on de-biasing the whole recruitment also apply a neuro inclusive lens to our recruitment process and want each potential Oxbot to enjoy the best experience possible for them. Please share with us any individual needs or reasonable adjustments we may need to make in advance of commencing the interview process with us.

    Learn more about our culture here.

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