Senior Software Deployment Engineer for Autonomous Transport Research

Scania is now undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks, buses and engines to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions.

At Autonomous Transport Solutions (ATS) Research, Scania R&D, we pursue top-quality research and development of future cutting-edge ATS concepts. We operate in agile and self-steered teams that work in close cooperation with the TRATON group, leading technology suppliers, and academic institutions, with the ambition to detect and evaluate upcoming technologies. Our culture is built based upon delivering added customer value through research and practical experiments that iteratively lead to concepts for industrialization.

Does this sound like an interesting technical area? Then send us your application and we will be happy to give you a more detailed explanation.

Our mission

The mission of our team is to show what is possible within autonomous transport research, by implementing and deploying the latest cutting-edge technologies within autonomous driving. We believe in value-driven research, by validating theoretical results through running software in autonomous vehicle prototypes. Our success factor is the close collaboration between agile teams working in different technology areas spanning from hardware and sensors to dispatch and fleet-control systems. We believe in diversity and innovation, capitalizing on each other strengths and skills to tackle the challenges in this exciting area. 

Your Tasks

Your main task will be to make the software system available for use in the latest research prototype platform. You will be part of an agile team that both implements and explores state-of-the-art approaches for autonomous driving technologies. You will accelerate and enable the development and the integration of the different components by systematically testing, expanding and troubleshooting the system. You will constantly look for deviations in the system and will fix them yourself or through others.

You will work in tight collaboration with all the agile teams within ATS research, analysing the different components of the ATS stack, and ensuring that the technical performance aspects are optimized.

Your profile

You are analytical, result-oriented and face new challenges with a positive, can-do attitude. You are open and curious towards your teammates, and you enjoy supporting and contributing to the development with your technical expertise.

You have 3+ years of experience in system integration. You are passionate about debugging and troubleshooting software and hardware systems. You enjoy debugging and troubleshooting software and hardware systems. You have experience in C++ programming. You have an interest in multi-thread and multi-process systems, MPI, IPC, and networked and distributed systems.

You have proven industrial experience in the following areas: system integration, troubleshooting of software and hardware, C++ programming, software development on Linux platforms, inter-process communications, virtualization/containerization.

Extra meritorious is the knowledge of one or more of these areas: networking and protocols, Linux OS, Linux kernel, TCP/IP & UDP communication, build systems (CMake), DDS, Ansible, sensors and driver integration, agile development, robotic systems, signal processing, test-driven development, scripting languages (Python, Bash), design of complex software systems. 

Are we right for each other?

We cannot promise you an easy task, but we can promise you dedicated and skilled colleagues and truly engaging technological and societal challenges to tackle. At Scania ATS Research we want you to succeed and develop, because together with your team you contribute to a sustainable future securing a leading position for Scania in the autonomous industry. 

Welcome with your application!

If this sounds interesting and you want to know more contact Mansoureh Jesmani, +46 (0)8 553 503 59. The final application date is June 2, 2022. Interviews will take place continuously during the application period.

Your application should include a cover letter, CV and copies of your education certificate and transcript.

A background check might be conducted for this position.


Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions. Together with our partners and customers we are driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system. In 2020, we delivered 66,900 trucks, 5,200 buses as well as 11,000 industrial and marine power systems to our customers. Net sales totalled to over SEK 125 billion, of which over 20 percent were services-related. Founded in 1891, Scania now operates in more than 100 countries and employs some 50,000 people. Research and development are mainly concentrated in Sweden. Production takes place in Europe and Latin America with regional product centres in Africa, Asia and Eurasia. Scania is part of TRATON GROUP. For more information visit: www.scania.com.