SR. RESEARCH ENGINEER - LEAD COMPUTER SCIENTIST - LEAD ENGINEER - Manipulation & Motion Planning

Who We Are:

The Robotics Department develops industrial robotic, automated, and autonomous solutions for government and commercial clients across a wide range of industries.

Objectives of this Role:

• Contribute to working with our clients and solving real-world challenges by building advanced capabilities, technologies, and solutions in the field of industrial robotics and automation.
• Support novel development of optimization-based path planning, perception systems, surface reconstruction, hardware integration, and testing on industrial robots, mobile manipulators, and custom automation hardware.
• Develop business for novel automation capabilities with new clients, industries, and applications.
• Serve as a technical lead for motion planning/perception work and/or project manager of R&D robotics projects.
• Ideate novel solutions and mentor junior robotics staff.
• Visit https://robotics.swri.org to learn about some of the work we do.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Develop novel software solutions for robotic and automated systems and provide technical leadership to project teams.
• Development tasks include: design, build, hardware integration, debug, and implementation at client facilities.
• Prepare proposals and cost estimates.
• Interact with customers to promote new business and develop technical requirements for new projects.
• Communicate effectively with internal team, external clients, and industry partners.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop technical solutions, and coordinate technical tasks with project managers and other engineering staff.
• Coordinate individual performance goals and objectives set by the organization as well as provide leadership to project teams to help realize organizational objectives.
• Has a special focus on motion planning, industrial robotic manipulators, 3D perception, and/or surface reconstruction.

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors, Masters or a PhD in Robotics, Mechatronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science or other robotics-related engineering degree. Those with graduate degrees may require less experience.
• 5+ years: Relevant industry experience with robotic motion planning and robotic systems at an organization such as a manufacturer, robotics company, robotics integrator, etc.
• 4+ years: Strong software skills; C++ or Python required.
• 2 years: Robot Operating System (ROS) experience required.
• Strong communication skills.
• A valid/clear driver's license is required.