Senior Robotics Engineer

Senior Robotics Engineer, Perception and Autonomy
Location: Remote, United States (Eastern or Central time preferred). Regular travel to customer job sites and to our R&D team overseas.

About the company
We are a fast growing, venture backed robotics company that turns heavy construction machines into autonomous, software defined machines. Our technology is already working every day on large energy and infrastructure projects across the US, and our business is growing quickly and is profitable. We are now building the next generation of
our autonomy platform.

The role
You will lead the development of perception and navigation software that lets large
machines understand their surroundings and work safely on their own on busy outdoor
job sites. You will work closely with an experienced international R&D team of software,
hardware and machinery engineers, and you will help shape the technical direction of the platform.

What you'll do
Design and build environment perception: detecting obstacles, people, terrain and site features from lidar, radar, cameras and GNSS
Build and tune navigation and autonomy on ROS 2, including Nav2, costmaps and planners
Integrate and evaluate new sensors on real machines, and help choose the sensor set
Design the robot application software that ties perception, planning and machine control together
Test on real machines in the field and turn field results into improvements
Work across time zones with the R&D team, and spend time with them in person
Bring senior judgement to decisions on architecture and priorities

What you'll bring
Senior experience in robotics software (around 10 years or more)
Strong experience building perception systems that run on real robots or vehicles outdoors
Hands on ROS 2 experience, ideally including Nav2
Experience integrating sensors and software with hardware
Strong C++ and/or Python
Clear, patient communication with colleagues from different countries and language backgrounds
Willingness to travel to job sites and to work some evening hours for team meetings

Nice to have
Autonomy for off road, construction, agricultural or mowing machines
Radar or lidar perception on compute constrained hardware
Automotive ADAS or heavy equipment background
Experience working with teams in Asia

Why join
Your work goes straight onto real machines on real job sites, not just into demos
A profitable, growing company with strong investor backing
A senior team that values ownership and good judgement
Remote working with flexible hours, plus travel to the field and to the international R&D team

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