The Role
About this role:
Pickle is looking for a dynamic and driven Applied Researcher in Robotics — Motion Planning & Control to revolutionize the future of warehouse automation. You’ll design and develop algorithms that enable our robots to navigate complex environments precisely. We'd love to hear from you if you thrive on solving real-world robotics challenges in a collaborative, fast-paced startup environment.
What You’ll Accomplish:
- Invent novel technologies to solve real-world problems related to robotic warehouse operations, including loading and unloading trucks.
- Maintain awareness of developments in the rapidly changing AI field, and will leverage new and exciting technologies to address our robotics challenges.
- Develop innovative technologies that improve key performance metrics for speed and reliability by reacting intelligently to environmental disturbances and system faults.
- Combine traditional motion planning and control algorithms with newer deep learning models, including reinforcement learning and diffusion models, to maximally leverage the benefits of both.
- Identify risks in new approaches, and mitigate risk by developing and executing appropriate experiments.
- Collaborate with colleagues to grow the Pickle AI team and overall corporate expertise in robotics and AI; collaboration is key to productivity that is more than the sum of the parts.
Who You Are:
- A software engineer with 3-7 years of experience working in robotics environments, whether in academia, industry, or research settings.
- Holder of a bachelor's degree in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, or a related field; a master's degree or higher is strongly preferred.
- An expert in Python, with extensive hands-on experience developing and optimizing robotics software. Experience with additional programming languages, such as Drake, is highly preferred.
- Capable of adapting to new tools and frameworks as needed.
- Experienced in motion/path planning, with a strong understanding of robot kinematics, control systems, and navigation algorithms.
- Mathematically inclined, with a deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, and mathematical optimization.
- Familiar with test-driven development (TDD) and comfortable applying TDD practices to ensure reliability and maintainability in product development.
- Detail-oriented with a systems-level mindset, able to integrate motion planning software into larger robotic architectures.
- Collaborative and communicative, able to work closely with multidisciplinary teams to drive product innovation and troubleshooting.
- Willing to work in-office from our Charlestown, MA location at least three days per week, fostering a strong team dynamic and hands-on testing with our robotics systems.
- Adaptable and eager to learn, staying up to date with the latest advancements in robotics, AI, and motion planning.
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.
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The Company
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.
