Senior Software Engineer, Navigation
Pickle Robot Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Charlestown • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $140,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
Python
About the role
- Lead a team of engineers to design and optimize navigation and mobility controls algorithms to enhance the speed and safety of our autonomous mobile robot.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate your contributions into the broader hardware and software system.
- Play a key role in designing and contributing to the architecture of scalable software systems that support the deployment of multiple robots in diverse and dynamic environments.
- Act as a mentor to other software engineers to improve the team’s overall capabilities in planning and control
Requirements
- A software engineer with over 5 years of experience or a Master's Degree or higher with 3 years of experience working in robotics environments.
- Industry experience developing navigation algorithms for mobile robots is required.
- Proficient in Python. Experience with C++ is a strong plus. Experienced with motion planning and controls for robotics systems, with a strong understanding of navigation systems and non-holonomic mobile robots.
- Experience with mathematical optimization for motion planning is strongly preferred.
- Experienced leading a team of engineers through a Scrum process is preferred.
- Collaborative and communicative, focusing discussions on problem-solving ideas and experiments to drive product innovation.
- Experienced in working with complex algorithms and capable of optimizing for performance and reliability.
- Detail-oriented, but with a system-level mindset. Capable of debugging complex problems while maintaining system integrity.
- Willing to work in the office from our Charlestown, MA location at least three days per week.
Benefits
- health, dental, & vision insurance
- unlimited vacation
- all federal and state holidays
- 401K contributions of 5% your salary
- travel supplies
- other items to make your working life more fun, comfortable, and productive
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Hard skills
PythonC++navigation algorithmsmotion planningcontrolsmathematical optimizationcomplex algorithmsperformance optimizationreliability optimizationrobotics systems
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingdetail-orientedsystem-level mindsetmentoring
Certifications
Master's Degree