Senior II/ Staff Robotics Platform Evaluation Engineer

Highlights

• Lead dedicated team benchmarking alternative robotics platforms against baseline.
• Commission new robots from unboxing through integration and hands-on testing.
• Define evaluation methodology so results stay directly comparable across platforms.

What they offer

• Competitive base compensation with bonus potential and early-stage equity
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• Flexible time off with company-wide holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Educational assistance program
• Commuter benefits and subsidized lunch program

Ideal candidate

Hands-on robotics leader who loves lab work and mentoring a small team. You enjoy building fair test frameworks from scratch and turning hardware results into clear platform decisions.

Requirements

• Professional experience deploying robotics platforms in production, commercial, or applied R&D settings
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers on a hands-on hardware or robotics team
• Hands-on ROS2 and Nav2 experience in real deployments, not simulation alone
• Experience with manipulation and pick-and-place, including motion planning and grasp execution, plus controls for arms or mobile bases
• Direct experience with AMRs/AGVs, 6 to 7 DoF arms, grippers, and camera or lidar perception pipelines including calibration
• Experience with NVIDIA Isaac Sim, or equivalent simulation, for reachability or navigation validation
• Track record building a process, framework, or standard from scratch and turning test results into decision-ready comparisons