Senior Robotics Engineer / Motion Planning / Navigation

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This rapidly growing company is expanding their team to reinvent automative service by leveraging advanced robotics for impactful, real-world solutions. They are looking for someone who wants to work alongside talented engineers dedicated to automating time-consuming processes using next-generation multi-axis robotic platforms. This is a full time opportunity that is onsite north of Boston, MA.

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience with motion planning algorithms, including RRT/RRT* sampling-based methods, probabilistic roadmaps, and CHOMP/STOMP trajectory optimization techniques
• Deep familiarity with MoveIT motion planning frameworks and production systems
• Strong proficiency diagnosing and resolving issues related to hardware-software integration, trajectory planning, and actuator constraints
• Well-versed in collision avoidance, occupancy representations, and safety-driven planning approaches
• Expertise in kinematic solvers and understanding of both forward and inverse kinematics for varied manipulator types
• Skilled in C and Python within ROS2, focusing on real-time system performance and robust software design
• Experience with simulation environments for development and validation
  
  

Desired Skills & Experience

• Advanced degree in Robotics or related field
• Knowledge of automotive service, industrial automation, or broader mechatronics outside of conventional robot arms
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing, safety-rated control, and real-time trajectory implementations
• Broad understanding of robotics spanning motor control systems, hardware abstraction, and firmware integration
• Exposure to sensor integration, perception, reactive planning, and object detection for adaptive robotics
  
  

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

• 30% ROS2 and MoveIt frameworks
• 30% Kinematic modeling and motion planning tools
• 20% Hardware integration and real-time system development
• 20% Collision detection and avoidance systems
  
  

Daily Responsibilities

• 80% Hands On
• 10% Management Duties
• 10% Team Collaboration
  
  

The Offer

You will receive the following benefits:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• PTO
• 401k
  
  

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.