Robotics Simulation Engineer - The Toro Company

Who Are We?

At the Toro Company's corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Minnesota we pride ourselves in being an industry leader for outdoor environment products. These markets include turf and landscape maintenance, snow and ice management, underground utility, specialty construction, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. Our teams at this location take pride in being on the cutting edge of creating innovative products while partnering with world-class employees that bring passion to their everyday work. This is a location that truly values its employees with upward career mobility and advancement opportunities.

Why Become Part of our Team?

The Center for Technology, Research and Innovation (CTRI) is at the forefront of moving Toro into a new generation of autonomous operations. From residential mowing to golf course management, Toro is forging a new direction in the way people maintain and beautify the world. We are looking for a candidate to help us on our path towards fully autonomous operations.

The CTRI group has an open position for a Robotics Simulation Engineer. You will work on challenging problems simulating robot sensors, actuators, and autonomous vehicle environments. You will help develop our model-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop development capabilities. These simulations will help to build real-world robotic systems. We are looking for broad, curious candidates who can dive deep into technical problems, and have experience in deploying simulation environments to aid product development.

Join Toro and become an integral part of a team dedicated to building the next generation of robots. We have an attractive salary package with good benefits and opportunities for continued career growth and education.

In This Role You Will

• Work closely with stakeholders to identify requirements, schedule, and deploy simulation projects to enable virtual vehicle design, development, and validation
• Engage with cross functional team members to coordinate on-time delivery of simulation components to meet requirements and timing
• Perform simulation correlation activities based on experimental data
• Create, maintain, and improve standard simulation architectures
• Assist with initiatives to benchmark and adopt next-generation simulation technology and tools
• Identify, implement, and standardize new simulation development processes
• Use modern software engineering techniques to develop modular structured or object oriented software that meets the product requirements. Document and comment code so that it is easily understood and maintained by others. Apply any coding standard followed by the design team.
• Keep up to date with the latest research/technologies in the fields of autonomous driving and simulation
• Have opportunities to continuously learn, attend conferences and tradeshows, and collaborate with our innovative and knowledgeable technical staff in all areas related to autonomous robotics

A full job description will be provided to you if interviewed.

What you Offer

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, or related field
• A minimum of 4+ Years of Simulation Experience and Software Development
• Excellence at writing C++, C# and Python
• Experience with 3D graphics/game engines, such as Unity and/or Unreal Engine
• Adept with MATLAB and Simulink
• Strong skills in modeling one or more of: vehicle dynamics, sensors, control systems, stochastic systems
• Experience developing and delivering applications/simulation tools in an engineering application
• Comfortable developing with Linux & Git
• A self-motivator with the ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks and to work independently
• Comfortable working as a cross-functional team of roboticists and software engineers

How to Stand Out

• Experience with MATLAB/Simscape
• Desirable to have experience model-in-the-loop or software-in-the-loop tools and methodologies
• Experience modeling robotic sensors, such a RGB and stereo cameras, lidar, IMU
• Experience with using/interfacing with GNSS receivers, and constellation modeling
• Experience with CUDA, parallel computing, and/or multi-threading
• Background in autonomous/self-driving systems, or similar real-time safety-critical systems
• Must have authorization to work in the USA

What Can We Give You?

At The Toro Company, we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits -The Toro company offers employees at our Bloomington, MN HQlocation a variety of perks, including:

• Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment.
• Location - Conveniently located near both St. Paul and Minneapolis, we are centrally located for most commuters!
• Food - Take advantage of our onsite cafe, which serves both breakfast and lunch. With a Caribou Coffee attached, you can grab a snack and a coffee at any time during your day.
• Wellness - The Toro Company's HQ offers complimentary use of our onsite fitness facility to employees. In addition to physical wellbeing, TTC offers a variety of mental health and financial health resources to all employees.
• Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.
• Summer Hours - Enjoy a flexible schedule during the summer! By working a little more during the first few days of the week, TTC employees at our Bloomington HQ are able to start their weekends early and leave by noon on Friday.
• Flexible Work Arrangements - This team is currently implementing a hybrid work schedule. The opportunity to collaborate in the office and work from home part-time, has promoted team-building and flexibility. #LI-Hybrid
• Competitive Salary - The pay range takes into account skills, experience, education, and location. It is not common to be hired at or near the top of the range; compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the annual pay range is between $ 80000 - $135000. Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package.