Director of Software Quality & Efficiency, Outrider
$180-250k
+ Equity
Autonomous zero-emission yard operations
Job no longer available
Autonomous zero-emission yard operations
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$180-250k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To drive the rapid adoption of sustainable freight transportation by deploying zero-emission systems.
Role
Who you are
- This position requires a deep background in autonomous vehicles and/or robotic systems technologies, an ability to quickly analyze behavior and performance of complex systems and formulate next steps, and an eagerness to work in a rapidly-changing environment and prioritize efforts
- Master's Degree in robotics, computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, or a related discipline
- 10+ years of industry experience in developing enabling technologies for robotic systems
- Demonstrated experience developing software complex software systems
- Successful track record in full-lifecycle software development
- Demonstrated pedigree of troubleshooting large, complex systems composed of hardware and software
- Comfort with collaboratively working with multiple teams (e.g., software, hardware, systems, functional safety, test) to identify, understand, and resolve system issues
- Ability to develop, troubleshoot, and review C and C++ source code
- Experience with Jira, Git, Gitlab, or similar tools
- Excellent written and verbal communications; ability to explain complex concepts to colleagues across disciplines
What the job involves
- At Outrider, you'll develop, improve upon, and ship cutting-edge software that drives next-generation freight transportation
- Your work will directly contribute to autonomous systems that move millions of tons of freight across shipping & logistics centers, revolutionizing the way goods are transported globally
- Over time, your contributions will enhance efficiency, safety, precision, and sustainability across the supply chain
- Throughout your time at Outrider, you'll collaborate across teams and functions to build and maintain robust systems that keep the global economy moving
- The Director of Software Quality & Efficiency will report to the Vice President of Software Engineering and will be responsible for ensuring that Outrider develops high quality software
- Lead and manage the integration, simulation, and DevOps/DevEx teams
- Spearhead the integration of the Outrider AV System
- Take charge of test-fix cycles, encompassing the creation of candidate builds, testing and analysis, issue triage, presentation of findings, and recommendations
- Collaborate across multiple teams including hardware, software, system safety, test operations, and test engineering
- Improve system integration processes, incorporating automation, to optimize the use of testing and customer deployment data and maximize efficiency
- Analyze and interpret system performance data to identify insights and drive effective improvements
- Develop and utilize simulation and offline testing to accelerate development and uncover quality issues
- Develop and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment processes
- Champion the adoption of tools and infrastructure across all areas through an excellent developer experience
Our take
Logistics yards are complex and often chaotic settings, that present numerous hazards to human workers. Outrider supplies autonomous electric yard trucks to automate repetitive, manual, and hazardous tasks, removing humans from dangerous roles, and playing into the safety concerns of every yard manager.
The company is introducing the transformational technology required for large, logistics-dependent enterprises to keep pace with the changing times. With some 400,000 distribution yards across the US, the scale of this opportunity is huge, and Outrider has seen a lot of interest from the industry. By making its solutions electronic, it also caters to growing environmentally aware attitudes and protocols, tackling the immense carbon emissions generated by yard-operated diesel trucks.
As a leading technical innovator, Outrider consistently develops and releases new products and service updates. The company has secured significant investments, which are being used to enhance its portfolio of autonomy and safety technologies, support hiring efforts both domestically and internationally, and scale its yard automation solutions for large customers across various industries.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2024
$62m
SERIES D
Jan 2023
$73m
SERIES C
Total funding: $306m
Company benefits
- 100% Remote work set up, flexible work schedule (Flex time - off policy)
- Annual career development stipend to support and encourage your career growth
- Allowance for home office set up
- Business traveling in our headquarters in Denver, Colorado (3-4 times/year) to stay connected with the team
Company HQ
Golden, CO
Leadership
Andrew Smith
(CEO)They worked as a Consultant at Monitor Group and OTF Group for a combined 11 years, before founding ATDynamics in 2006. They joined XStream and Branch Technology in 2016, before founding Outrider as CEO in January 2018.
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