What are the responsibilities and job description for the Harvested Robotics — Robotics Engineer position at Nexthire?
Company - Harvested Robotics
Location- Hyderabad
Role Type- Full Type
Experience- 1.6 Years
Position- Robotics Engineer
Focus: Perception, calibration, targeting, path planning, manipulation
What you’ll do:-
• Own laser targeting pipeline end-to-end (perception → planning → actuation)
• Build robust path planning for uneven and rugged terrain
• Work on depth camera perception (RGB-D, stereo, NIR, etc.)
• Develop calibration pipelines (camera ↔ robot ↔ laser ↔ ground plane)
• Implement plant/weed detection → targeting → execution
• Work on manipulation & motion planning
• Improve targeting accuracy under vibration, uneven terrain, motion blur, lighting variation
• Build ROS2 nodes for perception & planning
• Optimize for real-time performance on onboard compute
• Work closely with embedded mechanical teams
Requirements:
• 2 years in robotics / autonomy / perception
• Strong C and Python
• Strong ROS2
• Very strong Linux
• Experience with depth cameras / 3D perception
• Experience with path planning / motion planning
• Understanding of robot calibration
• Comfortable working with embedded systems
• Comfortable debugging hardware software together
We’re looking for someone who:
• Has hacker mentality
• Moves fast and ships
• Thinks like an owner
• Comfortable in messy real-world robotics
• Prefers working systems over over-engineering
• Linux-first mindset