Software Controls Engineer

Posted 9 Days Ago
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Cambridge, MA
Senior level
Robotics • Transportation
The Role
As a Software Controls Engineer, you'll design and optimize motion planning and control algorithms for autonomous mobile robots, collaborate with teams, and improve robot functionality through testing and iteration. Your role includes mentoring other engineers and contributing to scalable software architectures.
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About this role

Pickle is looking for a dynamic and driven Software Controls Engineer focused on enhancing the speed and safety of our autonomous mobile robots. If you are experienced with and passionate about motion planning and controls algorithms, and thrive on solving real-world robotics challenges, we’d love to hear from you.

What You'll accomplish:

  • Design, implement, and optimize motion planning and controls algorithms for an autonomous mobile robot.
  • Research and develop cutting edge techniques to enhance the safety and speed of our robot.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate your contributions into the broader hardware and software system.
  • Iterate, test, and tune solutions to improve performance and reliability of the mobile manipulation system, both in simulation and on a real robotic system.
  • Play a key role in designing and contributing to the architecture of scalable software systems that support the deployment of multiple robots in diverse and dynamic environments.
  • Act as mentor to other software engineers to improve the team’s overall capabilities in planning and control

Who You Are:

  • A software engineer with Bachelors Degree and over 5 years of experience or Masters Degree or higher with equivalent years of experience working in robotics environments. Industry experience is a plus
  • A graduate with at least a bachelor’s degree in robotics, computer science, or similar discipline. Master’s degree or higher is preferred.
  • Proficient in Python. Experience in other relevant languages is a plus
  • Experienced with motion planning and controls for robotics systems, with a strong understanding of robot kinematics and dynamics. Experience with mathematical optimization for motion planning is strongly preferred.
  • Collaborative and communicative, focusing discussions on problem solving ideas and experiments to drive product innovation.
  • Experienced in working with complex algorithms and capable of optimizing for performance and reliability.
  • Detail-oriented, but with a system level mindset. Capable of debugging complex problems while maintaining system integrity.
  • Willing to work in-office from our Cambridge, MA location at least three d

About Pickle Robot

Pickle Robot is a pioneer in Physical AI for supply chain applications. Today Pickle robots autonomously unload trucks, trailers, and import containers at human-scale or better performance. The alternative is manual work that is difficult, dirty, sometimes dangerous, and increasingly hard to staff at distribution centers around the globe. Pickle Robot is laser focused on automating truck unloading using generative AI, machine learning, computer vision, advanced sensors, and industrial robotics to deliver engineered products customers rely on. Pickle Robot Unload Systems work alongside people on loading docks to make the work safer, faster, and more efficient. Pickle robots are physical AI that unload trucks.


Pickle provides best-in-class benefits including health, dental, & vision insurance; unlimited vacation, along with all federal and state holidays; 401K contributions of 5% your salary, travel supplies, and other items to make your working life more fun, comfortable, and productive.

Top Skills

Python
The Company
HQ: Cambridge, MA
40 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

We believe the best working experience is one where machines do the heavy lifting and people do the problem solving. Our robots work with people in the messy world of warehouse loading docks, reducing the real physical pain of unloading trucks and containers radically amplifying what each person can accomplish.

Founded by an exceptional cast of robotics and machine learning experts, Pickle creates robots that work alongside people in the very messy world of the loading dock, reducing the backbreaking human effort that goes into getting your online orders to your door.

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