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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Autonomous Haulage System Leader - **Company:** Epiroc - **Location:** Garland, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Systems Development Life Cycle, Requirements Management, Software Engineering, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Integration, Safety Critical Systems - **Published:** June 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d61a8a57ffc49be7 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Customer communication?, * Bachelor's degree in engineering, automation, mechatronics, systems engineering, mining engineering, software engineering, or a related technical field. * Experience in autonomous systems, mining automation, mobile equipment systems, or complex integrated control systems. * Strong understanding of system development lifecycles, requirements management, verification and validation, and field deployment considerations. * Demonstrated ability to work between technical development teams and business or product stakeholders. * Experience supporting customer projects, technical workshops, commissioning activities, or system deployments in operational environments. * Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical issues clearly to internal and external stakeholders. * Ability to manage ambiguity, balance competing priorities, and drive practical decisions in a cross-functional project environment. * Familiarity with safety-critical systems, mining operations, fleet management systems, or OEM/customer integration environments is an advantage. ## Description The AHS System Leader is responsible for leading the delivery of Autonomous Haulage System capabilities for a specific customer project, acting as the bridge between engineering development, system integration, and product management. This role ensures customer requirements are translated into a practical, scalable, and safe system solution while aligning internal development priorities, technical decisions, and deployment plans. The position combines technical leadership, cross-functional coordination, and selective customer engagement to support successful project execution and long-term customer value., * Lead the system definition and execution of AHS scope for a designated customer project, ensuring alignment between customer requirements, engineering deliverables, and product direction. * Translate customer use cases, operational needs, and site-specific constraints into clear technical and functional requirements for development teams. * Work closely with engineering, software, controls, safety, validation, and field teams to guide development priorities, system integration, and issue resolution. * Partner with product management to balance project-specific customer needs with standard product strategy, platform roadmap, and long-term maintainability. * Support planning and prioritization of features, interfaces, configuration items, validation activities, and deployment readiness for the customer project. * Coordinate technical decision-making across internal stakeholders to ensure solutions are fit for purpose, technically robust, and practical for field deployment. * Monitor project progress related to system scope, risks, dependencies, and change requests, helping teams resolve blockers and maintain delivery momentum. * Participate in customer discussions related to requirements, solution definition, status updates, technical clarifications, testing, and readiness for commissioning. * Represent the internal development and system perspective in customer-facing conversations, ensuring expectations are realistic, commitments are clear, and issues are escalated appropriately. * Support site acceptance, commissioning preparation, and early operational follow-up in collaboration with project, service, and field support teams. * Drive documentation quality for requirements, interfaces, system changes, risks, and project decisions to maintain traceability across the development and deployment lifecycle. * Promote safety, reliability, and operational performance as core principles in all system design and delivery decisions. 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