Job Description

The Company

Komatsu is an indispensable partner to the construction, mining, and industrial machinery markets, maximizing value for customers through innovative solutions. With a diverse line of products supported by our advanced technologies, regional distribution channels, and a global service network, we tap into the power of data and technology to enhance safety and productivity while optimizing performance.

Modular Mining Systems is the global leader in mine management technology and a wholly owned subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. Our innovative technology powers mine operations in every corner of the globe. The products we cultivate, the solutions we engineer, and the service we deliver set us apart in the mining technology industry. We’re more than a company, and we’re a community of passionate, creative professionals striving toward a shared vision: revolutionizing the way the mining industry operates. With a presence stretching from Johannesburg to Vancouver, Sydney to Lima, you are part of a global brand that supports creativity, fosters innovation, and encourages you to think big, share ideas and have impact.

The Role

The Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) is a comprehensive fleet management system for mines. The autonomous trucks are centrally controlled through a wireless network that integrates on-board vehicle controllers, high precision global positioning, and obstacle avoidance systems. The AHS Product Development team is responsible for building innovative solutions to unique and challenging autonomous operation problems. Working with our partners around the world, you will help design and support the next generation of mine optimization technologies and build the future platforms that will drive the changes in the mining industry for generations.

As a Senior Software Engineer – Autonomous Haulage System (AHS), you will engage with experienced cross-disciplinary team members to conceive and design innovative automation products. You will work closely with product management, hardware engineering, and operations teams. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed in an open and collaborative peer environment.

Key job responsibilities

• They will lead the design, development, monitoring, and enhancement of services our team provides for Komatsu customers. This includes Autonomous Haulage System services like machine coordination, equipment management, navigation planning, collision detection and safeguard management.
• They will work closely with the Product Management team and engage directly with customers to understand customer needs and clarify product requirements.
• They will have a deep knowledge of software design patterns, scalable cloud architectures, and cloud design best practices.
• They have a good understanding of engineering trade-offs and make appropriate decisions on when to build new software, extend existing software, or integrate with software or systems provided by others.
• They will generate clear and thorough analysis and design documentation and help improve the team’s existing documentation.
• They will have experience leading the translation of product requirements into a comprehensive system design, composed of logical, maintainable, extensible, scalable, and loosely coupled component services, and definition of the appropriate interfaces between these components.
• They will have hands-on experience developing and testing the critical code for these systems.
• They will understand and have experience with implementing security and data privacy best practices.
• They will have experience developing automated tests at the unit, interface, contract and system level.
• They will understand how to effectively monitor the systems they build and understand operational excellence best practices.
• Be able to occasionally travel internationally.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming experience, with strong Java coding skills
• 2+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Experience in event-driven microservices and REST API’s
• Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered
• Experience with network protocols, network programming, and distributed application debugging and analysis
• Ability to take a project from scoping requirements to production operations
• Demonstrated ability to mentor other software developers to maintain architectural vision and software quality
• Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts
• Experience in continuous integration and delivery, with testing automation
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code to define, provision and manage infrastructure
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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