Staff Robotics Engineer

As the Staff Robotics Engineer at Four Growers, you will play a crucial role in developing cutting-edge motion planning algorithms for our harvesting and analytics platform: the GR-100. You will collaborate with a talented team of engineers and researchers to enhance our product through advanced real-time, collision-free planning techniques.

Your Role

As the Staff Robotics Engineer at Four Growers, you will play a crucial role in developing cutting-edge algorithms for our harvesting robot and analytics platform. You will collaborate with a talented team of engineers and researchers to enhance our product through advanced real-time, collision-free planning techniques.

What youll do:

• Design and build robust and scalable framework that enables rapid exploration and evaluation of different motion planning approaches and perception algorithms.
• Research, develop, implement, and productionize state-of-the-art 3D planning algorithms, environment modeling techniques, and collision-aware kinematics
• Interface with perception, robotics, and controls engineers in order to create a complete, real-time robotic harvesting solution

Necessary Education & Experience

BS Degree in Robotics Engineering or related fields

Necessary Skills & Experience

• 6+ years research and development experience in robotics / motion planning / perception
• Deep understanding of mathematical fundamentals of different algorithms
• Skilled in numerical optimization techniques
• Experience with optimization solvers
• Proven ability to produce computationally efficient software that can meet real-time requirements
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability with a commitment to delivering high quality software
• Proficiency in C++
• Excelling problem-solving and communication skills

Helpful Skills & Experience

• Experience with perception systems
• Experience developing algorithms for time constrained problems
• Experience with robotics arms
• Experience with machine learning: deep learning, planning under uncertainty, prediction, reinforcement learning

Details

Location:Pittsburgh, PA

Travel:required, ~1% with occasional international travel

Benefits:401k (4% match), Medical, Dental, Vision

Sponsorship:Open to sponsoring H-1B for full time employees