Robotics Navigation Engineer

Fresh Consulting is a design-led, software development and hardware engineering company, offering end-to-end digital services to help companies innovate.  We bring together amazing UX designers, sophisticated developers, digital strategists, and top-notch engineers to help companies create fresh experiences that connect humans, systems, and machines.  We've been growing fast and need someone to help us continue to manage the delivery of high-quality work in a fast-paced environment. 

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Title: Robotics Navigation Engineer
Duration: 6 months with possible extension 
Location: Onsite in Greater Seattle Area
Benefits: Employee benefits at 100% including Medical, PTO, Holiday Pay, 401K Plan and much more
Hours: Minimum 40 Hours/Week 

Role:
- Implement, integrate, and optimize the NVIDIA Isaac Preceptor stack for real-world robotic applications.
- Develop and deploy visual SLAM (VSLAM) and geospatial navigation algorithms for indoor, outdoor, and unstructured environments.
- Design and validate robust sim-to-real and real-to-sim workflows for navigation and perception systems.
- Integrate and calibrate a wide range of sensors including GPS, RTK GPS, 3D LiDAR, stereo depth cameras, wheel odometry, IMU, encoders, and optical flow sensors.
- Develop sensor fusion pipelines to enhance localization, mapping, and navigation performance.
- Utilize ROS2 and Nav2 for system-level integration, navigation, and control.
- Conduct system testing, troubleshooting, and optimization on NVIDIA Jetson platforms.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring robotic solutions from prototype to deployment.

Skills:
- Hands-on experience with NVIDIA Jetson hardware and ecosystem.
- Strong expertise in ROS2 and Nav2.
- Proven experience with VSLAM and geospatial navigation.
- Proficiency in sensor fusion and multi-sensor integration (GPS, LiDAR, depth, IMU, etc.).
- Experience with sim-to-real and real-to-sim development workflows.
- Solid programming skills in C++ and/or Python.

Education: BSCSE or related.

FRESH--
- Work on engineering and research assignments with F500 companies and startups.   
- The relationships that we have created with our clients are one of a kind.    
- We help solve problems in many technologies focusing on R&D, product development, and manufacturing.    
- We work at the most cutting-edge and latest technologies from AR/VR to Autonomous technologies.    
- Closely working with our clients, we believe that long term investments are extremely important to maintain the culture we together have created.

We're a handpicked team of Engineers, digital strategist, designers, and developers united together in creating a fresh experience. Whether we are strategizing, designing, developing, or analyzing, our integrated team works as an extension of yours to improve your impact, your usability, and your customer conversion. In the process, we collaborate with you to get to know your business, understand your industry, and incorporate your big ideas into memorable experiences that keep your customers coming back for more.

Equal employment opportunity: All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, familial status, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability for which a reasonable accommodation can be made or any other status protected by law.  Assistance will be gladly provided upon request for any applicant with sensory or non-sensory disabilities.

Fresh Consulting is a participating E-Verify company.

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Range $60/hr - $65/hr

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