Autonomous Robotics Software Developer

3 days ago

Austin, Texas, United States Apptronik Full time

At Apptronik, we are building robots to revolutionize human quality of life and address the growing labor shortage. Our team has been at the forefront of robotics innovation for years, with a rich history dating back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

We apply our expertise across the full robotics stack to tackle some of society's most pressing challenges, expecting our products and technology to drive meaningful change. We prioritize passion, creativity, and collaboration to overcome existing barriers and create innovative solutions.

You will join a team developing cutting-edge general-purpose robots designed to operate in human spaces and with human tools. These robots are capable of working alongside humans, mobilizing to human environments, and manipulating their surroundings.

This role involves designing and implementing a robust behavior architecture, providing various behavior authoring tools such as state machines and behavior trees. You will design and implement these software tools, test them in simulation and hardware, and leverage them to create autonomous applications capable of performing real-world tasks in customer environments and product demos.

Responsibilities include:

  • Delivering high-quality autonomous behavior management and execution software to enable humanoid robots to perform industrial tasks
  • Collaborating with perception and motion controls teams to synthesize reliable navigation and manipulation behaviors
  • Developing useful system behaviors using planning and controls API for a variety of robot tasks such as gross manipulation, auto-docking, auto-self checks
  • Providing framework for employing AI/ML approaches to perform useful work, such as data-driven manipulation policies or foundational models for task planning
  • Offering software support for new customer use cases and product demos
  • Leading advanced software development activities, including architecture, design, coding, unit testing, integration, deployment, and maintenance within assigned autonomy algorithms software components

Skills and Requirements:

  • Masters or Ph.D. degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or related field
  • Proven industry experience (2 years) implementing autonomous behaviors on robot hardware
  • Proven experience deploying autonomous navigation and/or manipulation behaviors on robot hardware (legged preferred)
  • Familiarity with modern behavior authoring methods, such as Finite State Machines, Behavior Trees, or Behavior Composition
  • Familiarity with basic robotics fundamentals such as kinematics, dynamics, controls, and planning for manipulation and navigation
  • Strong ability to collaborate with other software teams (e.g., perception or controls) to ensure seamless integration of software components with the overall system
  • Proficient in modern C++ and object-oriented programming in a Linux development environment, with prior demonstrated ability to translate complex theoretical concepts and algorithms into practical, efficient, and bug-free software implementations, perform on a fast-paced software development team using standard CI tools like Git while following rigorous documentation and testing standards
  • Ability to communicate technical information effectively both orally and in writing with other team members

**Estimated Salary:** $120,000 - $180,000 per year, depending on experience

We offer a competitive salary w/ benefits, highly motivating equity incentive package, flexible work hours policy, professional development opportunities, unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO), and 401k plan.

Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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