We are looking for a full-time Senior Robotics Software Engineer whose work will help us improve the capabilities of our robot control stack which works closely with our state-of-the-art perception and powerful adaptive decision-making algorithms. Our AI software products endow industrial robots with the level of autonomy needed to perform an extensive variety of useful tasks and integrate tightly with our customers’ complex software environments.
As a Senior Robotics Software Engineer, you will lead the motion planning and controls efforts at OSARO. You will help optimize our software architecture and code to ensure the best performance for our algorithms and therefore robots. You will collaborate with every engineering team from Hardware to Infrastructure to Machine Learning to Frontend. Additionally, you will act as a mentor for some of our less experienced, but very eager, engineers.
We value candidates who are passionate about what they build, feel a strong sense of ownership over their work, and love being continually challenged. You are someone who cares deeply about your team so you are both direct and believe in doing what you say.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead development of motion planning and control systems for industrial robotic manipulators
- Architect, design, and implement software interfaces with industrial robots to obtain optimal real-time performance
- Lead software design discussions and code reviews for robot control algorithms
- Work closely with robotics and controls engineers to design, implement and test robotic algorithms (integrations, path planning, kinematics, dynamics, controls, etc.).
- Build robust, production-ready code for near-term deployment
- Develop forward-looking advanced controllers and control algorithms for robotic arms to make our system increasingly performant, robust, and general
Experience and Skills You'll Need
- BS in Computer Science, Robotics, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in one or more robot control areas, such as: parameterizing control frameworks that balance tradeoffs between flexibility, speed, and accuracy; trajectory optimization; inverse kinematics; motion planning; and robotic integration.
- Proficient Rust or C++ development skills, including software design and architecture
- Work experience with industrial robotic arms
- A track record of successfully designing, building, and maintaining complex, real-time, multi-process software systems
- Deep knowledge in robotic system design, integration, debugging, verification, and testing, especially for industrial robotic manipulators
- Developing interface with low-level robotic hardware controllers
Bonus if you have
- MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, or related field
- Familiarity with algorithms to generate collision-free time-optimal manipulator trajectories
- Experience working with robotic sensors including cameras, force sensors, and grippers
- Experience working in an Agile development environment
More About OSARO
OSARO delivers best-in-class robotic piece-picking solutions for e-commerce where key challenges include high SKU inventories, complex packaging, and fragile items. In the rapidly evolving world of logistics technology, OSARO offers smarter automation, low-risk business plans, and its signature Hypercare support from exploration to installation. OSARO’s intelligent robots enable goods-to-robot (G2R) use cases, where the greatest gains are yet to be made on the automated warehouse floor. Its machine-learning vision and control software provides the foundation for all its products.
We have a highly international team made up of expert machine learning practitioners and dedicated software and hardware engineers which matches well with the global nature of our business. We are naturally curious, love healthy debate, and respect varying points of view. At OSARO, we strive to be champions for equality. We believe we can serve as a model for diversity in the tech industry by emphasizing policies of nondiscrimination and inclusion at every step.
We are an equal opportunity employer offering
- Health, dental, vision, and commuter benefits
- Unlimited vacation time
- Excellent paid parental leave policy with the option for additional reduced and unpaid leave
- The chance to work with robots in a dog friendly office!
The above full-time position is available immediately.
Top Skills
What We Do
OSARO is AI for industrial automation. In essence, OSARO’s software enables industrial robots to perform diverse tasks in a wide range of environments. OSARO is transitioning the industry from static robotic systems into dynamic solutions.
PRODUCTS
OSARO Pick is a full suite of machine-learning software, which automates piece picking for distribution centers. Our proprietary system recognizes objects and controls the movement during the picking process.
OSARO Vision is a stand alone solution that recognizes products for factory automation. OSARO Vision is an application of flexible software that can be integrated into any robotic system and licensed to large providers and/or their subcontractors.
The demand for warehouse automation technology is increasing due to the convergence of several factors: the rapid shift to a competitive online shopping business, high capital costs coupled with growing labor shortages around fulfillment centers worldwide, and the acknowledgement of the maturity of technology to safely and cost-effectively create and sustain smart factories.
Our markets are global and include e-commerce fulfillment and materials handling ($180B market); industrial robotics ($20B market); retail, health and beauty products, apparel, electronics and we are testing applications in the food processing and distribution industry, as well as automotive assembly - trillion dollar markets.
Our business model is to work directly with warehouse technology providers to accelerate systems integration. And, as we are a software provider, once the robotic hardware is procured, our vision and control systems can be up and running in hours.
OSARO employs a diverse & talented team of experts in the specialized field of machine and deep learning. Our core values are integrity, responsibility, focus on continuous learning, speed and determination and kirei, a Japanese kanji meaning brilliant. Our team is dedicated to building these core values into our products.
