Sr Robotics Engineer

Molg • Sterling, VA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Molg is building robotic systems to make electronics manufacturing circular, working with hyperscalers and electronics manufacturers to automate the design, manufacture, disassembly, repair, reuse, and recovery of hardware. The Senior Robotics Engineer will work with cross-functional software, mechanical, electrical, and robotics engineers to develop technologies in robotics, assembly intelligence, computer vision, and microfactories.

The role focuses on delivering high-quality, testable software for integrated robotic hardware; building workflows that connect CAD to robotic motion and grasp planning; advancing simulation and motion-planning capabilities; and collaborating on tooling, fixturing, vision, and control systems. The position is based in person at Molg’s headquarters in Sterling, Virginia, where the team works hands-on with physical systems in an industrial facility equipped with robots, CNC milling machines, 3D printers, and other tools.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of industry experience developing automated solutions using 6 DOF robots.
• At least 5 years of experience in Python 3 or C++.
• Proficiency with ROS, ROS 2, or another robot-oriented software framework.
• Proficiency with Unix/Linux systems, shell software (sh, bash, zsh), Git, containerization, CI/CD, automation, and object-oriented programming.
• Excellent understanding of robotics principles, including homogeneous transformations, forward and inverse kinematics, closed-loop control, path and motion planning, and localization.
• Demonstrable experience using physical robot systems from industry-leading manufacturers such as ABB, FANUC, or KUKA.
• Proven experience taking robotics software from proof of concept to production, implementing features vertically through the stack, and hardening them with observability, robust error handling, and graceful failure recovery.
• Experience integrating software with real robotic hardware, controllers, and higher-level task-planning systems, and validating it on physical robots rather than only in simulation.
• A track record of diagnosing and improving robot behavior using live-cell data, logs, and telemetry, and connecting simulation predictions with actual hardware behavior.
• Ability to partner with mechanical and systems engineers to make software resilient to real-world tolerances, mechanical compliance, and part-to-part variability.
• Experience building software for multi-robot or multi-station systems, including coordination, synchronization, and reasoning about shared workspaces.
• Ability to contribute to architecture-level decisions concerning system structure, performance tradeoffs, and maintainability as a robotic platform scales.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to mentor, direct, and evaluate junior and mid-level robotics engineers.
• Ability to work in person at Molg headquarters in Sterling, Virginia.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, testable code for built and integrated robotic hardware, including microfactories.
• Build core software workflows connecting CAD to robotic motion and grasp planning.
• Develop and expand simulation and motion-planning capabilities.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and software engineers on tooling, fixturing, vision systems, and control systems.
• Integrate software with robotic hardware, controllers, and higher-level task-planning systems, and validate it on physical robots.
• Diagnose and improve robot behavior using live-cell data, logs, and telemetry.
• Contribute to architecture-level decisions about system structure, performance tradeoffs, and platform maintainability as it scales.
• Mentor, direct, and evaluate the work of junior and mid-level robotics engineers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed