Senior Robotics Engineer (Manipulation)

PickNik Inc. • Boulder, CO

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Robotics Engineer at PickNik Robotics, you'll be our go-to expert for getting robot arms to do real work in the real world. You'll own manipulation solutions end-to-end on MoveIt Pro: motion planning, IK, reachability, collision avoidance, and grasping. You’ll help integrate the surrounding hardware and tune each arm until it executes the customer's task reliably and within cycle-time. You'll work directly with customers to take their toughest manipulation challenges from concept to deployment, on robots around the world (and in outer space!).

Requirements

• Bachelors in Robotics, Computer Science, a related robotics-focused field, or equivalent industry experience
• 6+ years of professional work experience
• ROS knowledge and experience with ROS hardware integration
• Proven track record of innovation in applying algorithms and advancing robotics
• Understanding of motion planning, control, perception, and simulation
• Demonstrated ability, either through previous projects, advanced education/research, and/or knowledge of the robotics field
• Ability to travel approximately every other month to customer sites & conferences (less than 20% of the time).
• Live in the Boulder/Denver area and have the ability to be in-office at least 3 days per week.

Nice To Haves

• MoveIt, Nav2, Mujoco, diffusion policy or other embodied AI libraries, PCL, OpenCV, or other robotic libraries are advantageous
• Common open source libraries and tools such as Eigen and Boost
• Willingness to use and adapt to AI coding, writing, and technical tools

Responsibilities

• Own manipulation solutions end-to-end on MoveIt Pro, including motion planning, IK, reachability, collision avoidance, and grasping.
• Integrate surrounding hardware and tune each arm to execute customer tasks reliably and within cycle-time.
• Work directly with customers to take manipulation challenges from concept to deployment.
• Contribute to robotics projects solving big problems.
• Collaborate with teams around the world.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior