Robotics Software - Planning & Controls Engineer

Gritt

$120K — $150K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • M.S./Ph.D. in robotics, vision, computer science, or related engineering fields (or equivalent experience)
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience in planning/control solutions for robotics
  • Skilled in trajectory generation, optimization, sampling, cost/reward shaping, and control
  • Experience with robotics simulation tools like Isaac Sim or Gazebo
  • Proficient in C++ and comfortable with Python
  • Ability to independently manage tasks with minimal supervision
  • Strong problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement advanced planning and control techniques for manipulative and navigational challenges
  • Drive technical methodologies with emphasis on real-world application
  • Research real-time techniques for efficient and safe trajectory generation
  • Create scalable planning frameworks integrating traditional and ML methods
  • Utilize GPUs for large-scale trajectory generation and evaluation
  • Enable real-time closed-loop control using classical methods and machine learning
  • Design simulation approaches and metrics for performance evaluation
  • Collaborate cross-functionally within the organization

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape innovative AI capabilities in robotics
  • Engage in exciting challenges in dynamic outdoor environments
  • Impact the evolution of a cutting-edge product
  • Work in a fast-paced startup environment with diverse responsibilities
  • Join a growing team and expand your skills in robotics
Full Job Description
Role: Robotics Software - Planning & Controls

Location: SF Bay Area (in-person)

About the role

We're looking for an experienced Planning & Controls Engineer to join our team. As an early member, you will play a pivotal role in building and shaping the AI capabilities of our robots. You will work on challenging planning/control problems around manipulation and navigation in dynamic outdoor environments. You'll need to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment where you'll wear multiple hats and have a direct impact on our product's evolution. Ideally, you have a proven track record of developing and deploying planning/control systems in production, and you're passionate about pushing the boundaries of what's possible in robotics with AI.

What you'll get to work on
  • Develop and deploy state-of-the-art planning and control techniques for challenging manipulation and navigation problems.
  • Help drive our technical approach, with particular focus on real-world deployments.
  • Research and develop techniques around generating real-time, safe, efficient trajectories for multiple embodiments like robot manipulators and mobile robots.
  • Develop scalable planning representations for classical and learned techniques.
  • Leverage GPUs to generate and evaluate trajectories at scale.
  • Enable real-time, closed-loop control leveraging classical algorithms and ML.
  • Develop simulation techniques and metrics to benchmark and evaluate performance.
  • Collaborate with other teams in the company.


What we look for
  • M.S/Ph.D degree in robotics, vision, computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or other engineering disciplines (or equivalent experience).
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience developing planning/control solutions for robotics applications like manipulation and navigation.
  • Experience working on one or more of trajectory generation, optimization, sampling, cost/reward shaping and control.
  • Experience working with robotics simulation infrastructure (e.g. Isaac Sim, Gazebo).
  • Proficient with C++ and comfortable with Python.
  • Should be comfortable taking ownership of tasks with light supervision.
  • Must have excellent problem-solving skills.

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