Senior Robotics Software Engineer

The ARM Institute is seeking an experienced and hands-on Senior Robotics Software Engineer to support its mission. Are you a self-starter who can work independently as well as with a team? Do you want to contribute to building and integrating robotic skills and tools that innovate robotics and advance manufacturing technologies? Are you compelled to make robotics easier to use and more accessible to US manufacturers, large and small?
The Senior Robotics Software Engineer will be responsible for supporting a variety of diverse programs and lead software development, testing, and integration of bleeding edge robotic technologies to enhance how robotics are used in manufacturing. Key responsibilities include:

• Software development in support of autonomy pipelines and robotic hardware integration
• Test and demonstrate robotic capabilities using both simulation as well as hardware
• Evaluate and review proposals and software deliverables
• Develop strategies for refactoring and sustaining code for its potential reuse
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand manufacturing problems, identify robotic technology gaps and create developmental strategies and approaches to address them
• Write comprehensive turn-key technical documentation, such as how-to guides, and manuals with examples to support software deliverables

In addition, this position will be responsible for software development and integration for the ARM Institute’s National AI Data Foundry for Robotics. This program is chartered to democratize manufacturing process data, develop advanced process models and the software tools needed to seamless integrate robotics into the manufacturing process; therefore, making robotics more flexible, agile and robust across a variety of manufacturing domains and markets. As part of this program, the Senior Robotics Software Engineer will be expected to work with AI Data Foundry stakeholders and partners to create and transition the reusable software tools and first of a kind (FOAK) innovative solutions to empower the robotics and manufacturing communities on a national scale.
This position will report to the Director of Federal Technology Initiatives and work closely with the Principal Robotics Scientist and engineering staff. ARM has a flexible hybrid work environment. This role will include on-site work at our Pittsburgh, PA Headquarters at Mill 19. Overnight travel to manufacturing facilities may be needed on occasion.
Experience and credentials for the position, include: 

• BS in computer science, software engineering, robotics engineering, or related field with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in software development in support of robotic autonomy pipelines (perception, planning, control, performance characterization, modeling and simulation, infrastructure, etc.)
• A solid foundation in both theoretical knowledge and practical application of robotics
• Experiences should span a variety of sensors, end-of-arm-tools (EOATs), industrial robot arms (ABB, FANUC, Yaskawa, etc.), collaborative robots, mobile robotics, and other forms of advanced robotics and automation.
• Demonstrated experience in developing software in the following environments:
  
  • [Ubuntu] Linux, Windows, git, Unix shell scripts, Windows batch files, Makefile programming
  • C/C++, Python3, NumPy, SciPy, ROS2
  • Network programming with recovery strategies for operating in uncertain, dynamic, and unpredictable environments
  • Using Docker and/or Kubernetes
  • Creating and using a data-driven test environment
  • Developing reduced-order models, their simulations, and running their simulations
  • Experience using a third-party model & simulation (M&S) environment (ex. Gazebo) with a physics simulator (ex. PhysX, Bullet, etc.)

Successful candidates will need to have: 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Demonstrated proficiency in utilizing a wide array of engineering tools and systems to solve challenging problems.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Able to collaborate with technical staff and work independently in a hybrid work environment.
• Collaborate and effectively communicate with non-technical staff
• Experience with Atlassian tools such as: Bitbucket, Confluence, Jenkins, and/or Jira
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Applicant must be a US Citizen

 Enjoy the following benefits: 

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Competitive paid vacation and holidays
• Paid Family Leave
• Employer paid STD, LTD, & Life Insurance
• Generous employer retirement plan contributions

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