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We’re reimagining the minerals supply chain by combining deep industry expertise with advanced software, automation, and data-driven decision-making.\nRole Overview\nWe are hiring Machine Learning Engineers (Autonomy) to build the autonomy and sensor-integration software that lets our mining vehicles perceive, decide, and drive themselves.\nIn this role you will own parts of the software and sensor integration that enables full mining autonomy - sensor fusion across LiDAR, cameras, radar, and IMU/GNSS; perception, localization, and mapping; and the autonomy stack that turns sensing into safe vehicle motion. You will carry work from architecture and algorithm design through implementation, simulation, and bench and field validation, working hand in hand with our hardware, controls, and systems-engineering teams. This is a hands-on, first-principles role for an engineer who wants to develop the world’s first fully autonomous mines.\nWhat You’ll Do\nDevelop autonomy software for autonomous mining vehicles focusing on one or more area: perception, SLAM, motion planning, and control\n\nIntegrate and calibrate the sensing suite (LiDAR, cameras, radar, IMU, GNSS), implementing sensor fusion and time synchronization robust to dust, vibration, and corrosion-heavy mining environments\n\nBuild and maintain embedded and real-time software that bridges sensing, compute, and actuation, with attention to safety, latency, and reliability\n\nDevelop simulation, logging, and data pipelines to test autonomy behavior and drive performance against safety and availability targets\n\nLead bench, rig, and field validation of the autonomy stack, debugging across the full software-hardware boundary\n\nCollaborate with hardware and controls engineers to integrate sensing, compute, and actuation into a complete vehicle\n\nWhat You’ll Bring\nBachelor's degree in Mechatronics, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical, or related engineering discipline\n\n5-10+ years developing autonomy, robotics, or embedded software, ideally for mobile robots or vehicles\n\nStrong proficiency in C++ and/or Python, and with a robotics middleware such as ROS/ROS 2\n\nHands-on experience with sensor integration and fusion - LiDAR, cameras, radar, IMU, GNSS - and with perception, localization, or motion-planning algorithms\n\nWorking knowledge of real-time and embedded systems, and of the controls and software-hardware integration that drive actuation\n\nExperience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, automotive, or off-highway equipment strongly preferred\n\nOur culture is built on four principles:\nEveryone Gets Home Safe. 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