iRobot is looking to hire a Principal Robotics Engineer to join our Innovation Organization. This individual will play a vital role in developing the next generation of Robots that will live in millions of homes and yards across the world. If you are a consumer-centric pioneer eager to build innovative robot products, please apply now or reach out to one of our recruiters on LinkedIn.
What you will do
- Lead the Systems Design and Development of robots and robotic solutions for our next-generation products.
- Research, explore, and drive cutting-edge technology, algorithms, and solutions that enable new innovative solutions for our product portfolio.
- Work at the intersection of sensing, perception, localization, mapping, planning, and behaviors to research, explore, develop, and integrate high-level robotics algorithms.
- Solve problems pragmatically, applying judgment and experience to balance trade-offs.
- Invent new approaches and carry these all the way to fleet-wide deployment on millions of robots.
- Write and publish technical reports, patents, and scientific papers.
To Be Successful You Will Have
- Experience or understanding of robotics solutions across the navigation stack, as well as hardware components.
- Understanding of the state of the art with some deep experience in sensing, perception, localization, planning, and deep learning.
- Solid understanding and experience in design patterns, data structures, and advanced programming techniques.
- Ability to design experiments, analyze data sets, and validate solutions for new problems.
- Excellence at writing embedded C / C++ and familiarity with a Linux environment.
- Passion for robotics and experience building or programming robots professionally or as a hobby.
- M.S. in Computer Engineering or an equivalent degree.
- Ph.D. is nice to have but not required.
- Opportunity to work on exciting cutting-edge robotics problems with the largest installed base of consumer robots.
- Lead investigations that drive the technology and product roadmap.
- Be welcomed as an integral part of a team dedicated to building the next generation of robots.
- Opportunities to continuously learn and collaborate with our innovative and knowledgeable technical staff, including leading scientists.
- An environment of committed researchers and engineers that values and acts on new ideas.
- An attractive salary package with good benefits.