Robotics Software Engineer

Medra•San Francisco, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

We have been quietly building the foundational layers of our Physical AI Scientist platform, focusing on Physical AI that can operate scientific instruments with human-level dexterity, and Scientific AI that can analyze results, reason about next steps, and close the loop autonomously. This is an incredibly ambitious mission, but we believe that a team of ambitious people with high ownership can accomplish incredible things. We’re a team of passionate, mission-driven engineers from companies like Tesla, Amazon, SpaceX, and Neuralink. We’re collaborative and love moving fast, both with our product and on team trips skiing or go-karting! As a team, we love nerding out about engineering and robotics — plus other topics like race cars or cooking. We like learning new things and then sharing our new knowledge with each other. Our team is opinionated and straightforward. We don’t mind intense discussions about design tradeoffs. If we have arguments or miscommunication, we resolve conflicts quickly and empathetically.

Requirements

4+ years of experience designing and building algorithms for robotics systems
Experience or familiarity with robot arm manipulators
Proficient in Python
Relevant research/work experience in one or more of the following areas: motion planning and trajectory optimization, kinematics and dynamics, and control.
Experience with software engineering tools and best practices in production
A hacker’s mindset - getting quickly to a good-enough solution
A willingness to wear many hats / a flexible attitude towards responsibilities and scope
BS/MS/Ph.D. in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

Experience with robotic simulation systems such as PyBullet or MuJoCo
Experience with robotics in a laboratory or manufacturing environment
Understanding of software communication protocols (ZMQ, Redis, gRPC, etc…)
Contribution to software for a hardware product that shipped
Experience with robotics manipulation

Responsibilities

Develop robotic solutions to manipulate and control biology tools designed for humans
Develop and implement motion planning algorithms to avoid collisions in a complex and dynamic environment
Use computer vision to work with consumables and equipment that humans use
Integrate, test, and debug software solutions in simulation and on physical robots
Work with partner scientists at customer labs to understand their pain points, ideate on creative solutions, decompose into individual projects, and guide implementation and deployment
Identify opportunities for simplification, and to design for scalability