Senior Robotics Engineer

Molg • Sterling, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Hey! We’re Molg 👋 We’re building robotic systems that make electronics manufacturing circular. We work with hyperscalers and leading electronics manufacturers to automate how hardware is designed, manufactured, disassembled, repaired, reused, and recovered. Using robotics, computational design, and AI, our systems turn today’s e-waste into resilient, data-driven supply chains—and change how electronics are made in the first place.

Requirements

• 5+ years of industry experience developing automated solutions using 6 DOF robots
• 5+ years of experience in Python3 or C++
• Proficiency with ROS, ROS2, or another robot-oriented software framework
• Proficiency with the following modern software development tools and principles: unix/linux systems, shell software (sh, bash, zsh), git, containerization, CI/CD, automation, OOP
• Excellent understanding of core robotics principles, including homogenous transformations, forward and inverse kinematics, closed-loop control, path and motion planning, 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 for the real world 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, not only in simulation.
• A track record of diagnosing and improving robot behavior using live-cell data, logs, and telemetry, closing the loop between what the simulation predicted and what the hardware actually did
• Skilled at partnering 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: system structure, performance tradeoffs, and the choices that keep a robotic platform maintainable as it scales
• Able to communicate effectively and efficiently both verbally and in writing
• Ability to mentor, direct and evaluate the work of junior and mid-level robotics engineers
• Ability to work in-person at Molg HQ in Sterling, VA.

Responsibilities

• Delivering high-quality, testable code for built/integrated robotic hardware (i.e. microfactories)
• Building core CAD to robotic motion and grasp planning workflow software
• Developing and expanding advance simulation and motion planning capabilities
• Collaborating with mechanical, electrical, and software engineers on tooling, fixturing, vision systems, and control systems

What This Job Offers

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