What we need

We are looking for a Senior Robotics Controls Engineer, you'll be part of a close-knit team dedicated to unraveling the complexities of warehouse automation. In our agile environment, creativity and collaboration thrive, allowing you to make a real impact. Join us in crafting the future of robotics, where your technical prowess meets outstanding communication skills and cross-functional teamwork.

What we do

We are a talented team of roboticists working on the heart of Symbotics automation solution Symbot, the mobile robot. We are responsible for delivering solutions for the storage and retrieval use cases performed in a fully autonomous structure operating 100s of Symbots at customer sites.

What you'll do

As a senior member of our team, you'll be instrumental in shaping the capabilities of our cutting-edge Symbot mobile robot. Your role encompasses a range of exciting responsibilities tailored to your skillset and interests:

• Innovative Design: Craft and implement ingenious control strategies for mobile, case handling robots, elevating the precision and efficiency of our robots.

• Collaborative Development: Collaborate seamlessly with a diverse team of roboticists and software engineers to create Senior robotic control software that pushes the boundaries of possibility.

• Project Excellence: Drive projects to success by meeting commitments and delivering high-quality releases, contributing to architectural discussions, and working hand-in-hand with other engineering teams.

• Architectural Vision: Play a role in shaping the architectural landscape through your contributions to design discussions, ensuring our solutions are both cutting-edge and future-proof.

• Intelligent Navigation: Implement state-of-the-art path planning and navigation algorithms that enable our robots to navigate intricate warehouse environments with precision.

• Innovative Solutions: Leverage your expertise to integrate AMQP messaging with system controls and implement Behavior Trees for nuanced robot state control.

• Reliability Enhancement: Elevate the reliability and testability of our software codebase, contributing to a robust foundation for our revolutionary robots.

• Performance Mastery: Fine-tune motor controllers and evaluate robot performance, ensuring our robots operate at peak performance.

What you'll need

• Educational Excellence: A Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline provides the academic foundation for success.

• Coding Expertise: Minimum 6 years of experience in engineer with Proficiency in C++ Embedded coding and design patterns tailored for real-time environments, allowing you to transform concepts into reality.

• Real-time Acumen: Knowledge of real-time or embedded operating systems, along with the ability to tackle threading and communication challenges inherent to such environments.

• Process Proficiency: Experience with software process and version control tools, enabling you to seamlessly integrate your work into collaborative projects.

Our environment

• Up to 10% of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid drivers license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.

• The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis.