What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Robotics Engineer / Motion Planning / Navigation position at Motion Recruitment?
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
Tech Breakdown
You Will Receive The Following Benefits
Posted By: Kaylyn Romano
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
- 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
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
- 80% Hands On
- 10% Management Duties
- 10% Team Collaboration
You Will Receive The Following Benefits
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- PTO
- 401k
Posted By: Kaylyn Romano