Motion Planning Software Engineer

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At Onward Robotics, we are a bold, gritty, and purposeful team with an ambitious mission to revolutionize fulfillment. Our team is driven by a client-first mentality: we aim to solve hard problems and fuel our clients’ growth with innovation. We are seeking talented individuals who will have a huge impact on both our business and our team. Join us on our mission as we move fast, think big, and have fun!

About Us
Onward Robotics delivers innovative automation technology that coordinates humans and robots as a cohesive system to revolutionize fulfillment. Our Meet Me solution combines proprietary software with person-to-goods mobile robots to increase efficiency in warehousing, distribution, and e-commerce operations. Onward Robotics provides the boost in productivity, flexibility, and speed that companies need to remain competitive and grow. Learn more at onwardrobotics.com.

Job Summary
As a Motion Planning Software Engineer in our Robot Software Department, you will focus on the design and implementation of motion planning and path planning software for our autonomous robotics product line. As a core team member, you will work in an Agile software development environment to improve the existing motion planning software. These improvements will help to make our autonomous robotics product line more efficient and reliable in uncertain and dynamic environments.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in an Agile development environment
• Design, implement, and maintain motion & path planning software of autonomous robots
• Participate in requirements-driven, object-oriented software design
• Implement software on real-world hardware and embedded systems

Core Competencies:

• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a startup environment
• Good team player with great communication skills

Required Skills:

• Modern C++ programming fluency
• Requirements-driven development
• Experience with large multi-system robotics platforms
• Experience with software configuration management systems (git, SVM, etc.) and performing detailed code reviews
• Experience developing on Linux systems

Minimum Experience Requirements:

• 5 years of work experience creating custom motion planning, path planning, or SLAM algorithms for autonomous mobile robots
• Experience with non-linear optimization theory
• Strong linear algebra and calculus knowledge

Preferred Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years of work experience creating custom motion planning, path planning, or SLAM algorithms for autonomous mobile robots
• Knowledge in theoretical controls
• Experience interfacing with actuators and real world hardware systems

Minimum Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Robotics, Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Preferred Education Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Robotics, Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or Computer Science