Chief Engineer Autonomy Software, Fleet & Integration

About JLG an Oshkosh company

JLG began in 1969 when our founder John L. Grove set out to resolve growing safety concerns in the construction industry. Since then we have been committed to understanding the challenges and delivering innovative solutions to the access market. We partner with customers to provide quality equipment training opportunities and trusted support within the access industry. We are a global company and our productsincluding mobile elevating work platforms telehandlers utility vehicles and accessoriescan be found all over the world.

The Chief Engineer - Autonomy Software Fleet & Integration will provide hands-on technical leadership for the software platforms infrastructure communications and integration capabilities that support autonomous and connected equipment.

This role is designed for a strong software and automation engineer who has built stabilized deployed and supported complex production systems. Direct experience developing autonomy algorithms is not required. Experience with manufacturing systems industrial automation connected devices fleet systems distributed applications or mission-critical software can provide a strong foundation for success.

The Chief Engineer will guide the architecture and implementation of systems that connect vehicles fleet-management applications manufacturing and enterprise platforms operators and external services. The position will work closely with autonomy controls electrical systems cybersecurity product manufacturing and service teams.

This is primarily a senior technical role. Success will depend on practical software-development ability systems thinking production troubleshooting and the ability to lead technical decisions across organizational boundaries.

YOUR IMPACT

• Provide technical leadership for software architecture infrastructure fleet integration vehicle connectivity and operational tools.

• Design and improve systems spanning onboard software edge applications plant systems databases and cloud or enterprise services.

• Guide fleet capabilities such as mission exchange vehicle status configuration health monitoring diagnostics and software deployment.

• Define reliable communication interfaces using APIs messaging event-driven architectures MQTT WebSockets or similar technologies.

• Build and improve automated development test deployment configuration and release processes.

• Promote modular reusable maintainable and observable software that can support multiple vehicles facilities and product lines.

• Diagnose complex failures across software networking databases automation platforms and third-party integrations.

• Lead root-cause investigations and translate findings into durable architectural or process improvements.

• Collaborate with autonomy and controls engineers to establish clear interfaces between vehicle behavior software and supporting platform services.

• Support prototype integration commissioning production ramp-up field deployments and ongoing fleet operations.

• Establish practical engineering standards for source control testing documentation release management cybersecurity and production support.

• Mentor engineers and act as a trusted technical advisor to engineering leaders integrators suppliers and customers.

• Evaluate new technologies and communicate technical tradeoffs risks and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Maintain architecture diagrams interface definitions technical decisions deployment procedures and troubleshooting documentation.

• Perform duties in an ethical and professional manner consistent with company policies quality objectives and the Oshkosh Way.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate or bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Engineering Technology Automation Information Systems or a related field; equivalent military technical or professional experience will also be considered.

• Eight or more years of experience in software development automation systems integration manufacturing technology or related technical work.

• Demonstrated experience designing deploying stabilizing or supporting software used in live production or operational environments.

• Experience with software development or scripting using languages such as Python C# JavaScript PowerShell Shell Java or C.

• Experience with relational databases and SQL.

• Experience integrating systems through APIs messaging sockets WebSockets MQTT or comparable communication methods.

• Experience with source control automated deployment continuous integration or other modern software-delivery practices.

• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis skills across software infrastructure networking and integrated systems.

• Ability to communicate technical concepts and decisions to engineers operations teams leaders suppliers and customers.

STANDOUT QUALIFICATION

• Experience with manufacturing execution systems SCADA platforms industrial automation or digital manufacturing.

• Experience with Ignition Sepasoft or comparable MES and industrial application platforms.

• Experience with autonomous mobile robots fleet-management systems telematics connected equipment or industrial IoT.

• Experience with Docker or other containerized development and deployment environments.

• Experience developing automated deployment workflows with GitHub Actions or comparable tools.

• Experience with event-driven and distributed system architectures.

• Experience designing systems that must operate through intermittent connectivity or production disruptions.

• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server JSON-based data models operational visualization or production analytics.

• Familiarity with Linux cloud or edge computing device management observability or over-the-air software deployment.

• Familiarity with ROS 2 embedded systems vehicle networks PLCs industrial protocols cybersecurity or functional safety.

Ability to create architectures that are scalable and maintainable while remaining grounded in operational realities support needs and delivery constraints.

Ability to understand how applications databases networks automation systems vehicles operators and business processes interact in a live environment.

Ability to analyze complex system behavior inspect communication and data flows isolate root causes and implement lasting improvements.

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Pay Range:

The above pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations. Within this range individual pay is determined by various factors including the scope and responsibilities of the role the candidates experience education and skills as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions. Beyond offering a competitive total rewards package we prioritize a people-first culture and offer various opportunities to support team member growth and success.

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