Senior Robotics Software Developer
Founded in 2014, Kindred is a robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) company that develops robots to solve real-world problems. Its mission is to enhance the lives of human workers with the power of AI robotics. Kindred’s cutting-edge technology is the foundation of a number of proprietary platforms, including CORE with AutoGrasp™, developed to operate robots autonomously in dynamic environments. Its team of scientists, engineers and business operators have set a new standard for reinforcement learning for robots. The company is co-located in San Francisco and Toronto and is part of the UK-based Ocado Group plc.
Every day will bring new and exciting challenges on the job while you:
- Develop, evaluate and optimize algorithms related to the production of advanced robotic products
- Implement new control algorithms and experiment/characterize physical hardware
- Performing simulation runs to validate mathematical models, new parameters, and algorithms
- Investigate new technologies, identify bottlenecks, improve processes, create roadmaps, and further robotics software development and robotics research at Kindred (Ocado)
- Mentor, grow, and motivate junior team members, interns, and peers
What you bring:
- Experience programming with Python, C, and/or C++
- Experience modelling robotic manipulators
- Experience in robotics, machine learning, and optimization.
- Understanding of modelling and control algorithms for robotic systems
- Understanding of learning-based algorithms and their application to robotic systems
- Experience working with robotic sensors such as cameras and force sensors
- Ability to work in a team, transfer knowledge, and mentor
Bonus qualifications:
- Master's or Doctorate degree in engineering with a focus in robotics or similar experience
- Experience simulation through Matlab
- Experience with adaptive, optimal, and learning-based control for robotic manipulation
- Familiarity with robotic applications that involve contact with the environment and manipulation
- Experience working with different robotic grippers
- Experience using physics-based simulation to develop robot control policies
- Experience with real time control
Top Skills
What We Do
When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. Nearly 20 years later, we’re a FTSE 100, client-focused business that provides services, technology, and automation to grocery e-commerce businesses around the world.
