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Senior Autonomy Engineer – Collaboration Kits Products Development

Collaboration Kits engineer is responsible for defining, designing, and delivering staffed-machine collaboration solutions that enable safe and efficient interaction between manned equipment and autonomous machines in mining and quarry operations.

This role owns the end-to-end product planning, operational workflow design, and HMI experience for collaboration capabilities spanning excavators, wheel loaders, auxiliary equipment, and autonomous haulage systems. The candidate will work closely with engineering, software, validation, and deployment teams to transform complex operational scenarios into intuitive, scalable collaboration products that enhance productivity, safety, and customer adoption.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy and Solution Planning

• Lead the planning and definition of collaboration kit products for excavators, wheel loaders, and auxiliary equipment operating alongside autonomous vehicles.

• Define system-level collaboration capabilities, including both onboard hardware and software components.

• Develop product roadmaps aligned with autonomy platform strategy, customer operational needs, and site deployment requirements.

• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, safety, and operational efficiency through human-machine collaboration technologies.

Operational Workflow Design

• Analyze real-world mining workflows, including loading, hauling, dumping, and support operations.

• Design collaboration processes between manned and autonomous equipment.

• Define operational procedures and product capabilities for:

o Access and handover management

o Mission assignment and authorization

o Operational state monitoring

o Traffic interaction and coordination

o Exception handling and recovery workflows

o Safety intervention and escalation management

• Translate complex operational processes into scalable and user-friendly product.

Human-Machine Interface (HMI) Design

• Lead the design of vehicle-based HMI and mobile applications supporting collaboration workflows.

• Transform complex autonomy and collaboration processes into intuitive user experiences for operators and site personnel.

• Ensure solutions align with real-world operator behaviors, workflow expectations, and safety requirements.

• Work closely with UX, software, and engineering teams to define interface concepts, interaction flows, and usability improvements.

Cross-Functional Product Delivery

• Partner with autonomy, controls, software, systems, algorithm, and validation teams to deliver collaboration features from concept through deployment.

• Support product verification and field validation activities at customer sites.

• Gather customer and operator feedback to continuously improve collaboration experiences and workflows.

• Drive product enhancements based on deployment learnings, operational metrics, and emerging customer requirements.

Site Integration and Continuous Improvement

• Serve as a key technical liaison between product development and field deployment teams.

• Support site-level integration of collaboration solutions across mixed fleets of manned and autonomous machines.

• Identify operational bottlenecks and recommend product improvements to increase customer value and adoption.

• Contribute to long-term collaboration platform and ecosystem development.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Human Factors, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in product management, systems engineering, HMI development, or related product development roles.

• Experience designing mobile, vehicle-based, or industrial HMI solutions.

• Strong ability to understand operational workflows and convert complex business processes into practical product solutions.

• Demonstrated experience working across multi-disciplinary engineering teams.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in mining, autonomous systems, intelligent transportation, or connected vehicle industries.

• Background in autonomous haulage systems (AHS), fleet management, or machine automation solutions.

• Experience with excavators, wheel loaders, haul trucks, or multi-machine coordination systems.

• Familiarity with mission management, fleet orchestration, dispatching, traffic management, or machine collaboration workflows.

• Knowledge of Functional Safety, Human Factors Engineering, or Human-Autonomy Interaction principles.

• Experience supporting field deployments and customer-facing product validation activities.

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