Company Profile

Oceaneering Mobile Robotics (OMR) designs, manufactures, implements, and maintains innovative turnkey logistics solutions based on autonomous mobile robot technology. With over 1,700 mobile robotics deployed worldwide and with over 30 million miles accumulated, OMR delivers best-in-class solutions with the lowest total cost without sacrificing performance. For over 30 years, OMR has been a trusted partner for the automotive, healthcare, manufacturing, and (intra-) logistics industries.

www.oceaneering.com/omr

Position Summary

The Application Engineer serves as a key member of the Oceaneering Mobile Robotics (OMR) group and will be responsible for implementing, testing, supporting, and installing our AGV software suite (both on a SCADA and on an embedded/vehicle level). Day to day you will configure the existing vehicle software framework as needed for new projects and installed base. This includes generating AGV layouts, implementing traffic rules, optimizing vehicle parameters, calibrating vehicles, and testing software in simulation and on actual devices. Working in a multidisciplinary team you will be responsible for making sure that the software systems meet the customer specifications and work within their site constraints. You provide both logistical and technical insight to create solutions that provide optimal automation performance. Given that we have global customers you are willing to travel and stay abroad for several weeks at a time, supporting the successful installation at the customer site.

OMR, a division of Oceaneering International Inc. (NASDAQ: OII), produces and maintains commercial autonomous vehicles. Supporting customers worldwide, our robots utilize natural feature navigation and service the healthcare, automotive, warehouse and manufacturing markets.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for implementing and testing the control software for AGV systems on supervisory and vehicle level.
• Translate customer requirements into logistical AGV solutions including layout and traffic optimization, vehicle performance improvement and using existing infrastructure in the most efficient configuration.
• Interfacing the vehicle software to vehicle control hardware such as motor controllers, proximity detectors, and wheel encoders.
• Supporting the commissioning and deployment of AGV systems.
• Troubleshooting software issues.
• Testing the application software and interfaces to the vehicle.
• Writing requirements, detailed design documentation, and test cases.
• Providing support for field issues.
• participate in the bid process for new projects.
• Analyzing and modifying traffic and logic rules to optimize material flow and vehicle performance.
• Continuously improving our processes and procedures to optimize development efficiency.
• Working in a multidisciplinary and multi-national team.
• Train customers using the AGV supervisory and vehicle controls.
• Supporting installed based systems.

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Technical bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science, Automation Technology, Robotics engineering or Information Technology or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in commissioning and deploying industrial applications.
• Proficient with Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Experience with programming serial, CAN, and network communications (UDP and TCP).
• Experience with configuring industrial control systems preferably in the logistics domain.
• Understanding of networking hardware and software including UDP and TCP.
• Experience with writing requirements, design documentation, and test cases.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to read and understand existing product code, wiring diagrams.
• Ability to act independently generating innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Working knowledge of electronic and electromechanical devices such as analog inputs and outputs, quadrature encoders, relays, solenoids, proximity sensors, etc.
• Understanding of control loops.
• Customer focused attitude.
• Willingness to travel and stay abroad several weeks at a time during system installation.
• Ability to remain calm and professional in a demanding and dynamic work environment.
• Must be able to work legally in the US.

DESIRED

• Additional experience in either deployment of AGV, robotic systems or autonomous logistical systems.
• Experience with issue tracking systems, preferably Jira.
• Experience with software version control systems.
• Experience with designing logistical solutions.
• Experience with programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
• Experience with CAN Open.
• Experience with XML, web services and web user interfaces.
• Experience in software engineering.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified candidates will receive consideration for all positions without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other non-merit factors