Robotics Engineer

AICI GmbH; München; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellpass (fitness and wellness)

Job summary

AICI GmbH in Germany is seeking a Robotics Engineer to own the indoor survey robot from end to end (MESA), covering sensors, electronics, mechanics and the software stack that maps rooms and generates floor plans. You will divide time between software and the physical robot.

You will bring up hardware revisions, fix field issues, and ensure dependable operation for daily use, working with ROS-based stacks, autonomous navigation, and hardware integration in a hands-on environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with real mobile robots, not only simulation.
• Experience with LiDAR-based SLAM and localization and with RTAB-Map/FAST-LIO/Cartographer/SLAM Toolbox.
• Experience with Nav2 or a comparable navigation stack on real hardware.
• Strong C++ and Python skills; comfortable with Bash and Linux.
• Knowledge of point cloud processing and NVIDIA Jetson platforms.
• Experience with Docker for robotics deployment and CI/CD practices.
• Hands-on electronics skills and sensor interfaces; understanding of frames and time synchronization.

Responsibilities

• Bring up, integrate and maintain the robot's hardware.
• Extract, clean and integrate peripherals data into our ROS Stack.
• Keep the robot description and sensor extrinsics accurate on all variants.
• Tune and improve localization and mapping pipeline.
• Develop autonomous navigation and exploration capabilities.
• Write and maintain ROS 2 nodes in C++ and Python.
• Maintain containerized deployment for Jetson devices.
• Run tests and missions on the real robot and debug cross-domain issues.
• Collaborate with perception and apps teams on data outputs and interfaces.
• Conduct meetings and tests with partners to feed back hardware changes.

Skills

C++

Python

Bash

Linux

Debugging

Coordinate frames

Education

Master's degree in Robotics or related field

Tools

ROS 2

Nav2

Jetson

Docker

LiDAR SLAM tools (RTAB-Map, FAST-LIO, Cartographer, SLAM Toolbox)

Job description

We are hiring a Robotics Engineer to own our indoor survey robot from end to end (MESA): the sensors, electronics mechanics, and the software stack that maps a room, explores it on its own and produces the data we turn into floor plans. You will divide your time between the software stack and the physical robot. That means bringing up new hardware revisions, fixing problems in the field and making the system dependable enough to use every day.

Key Responsibilities

• Bring up, integrate and maintain the robot's hardware
• Extracting, cleaning and integrating peripherals data into our ROS Stack (e.g., writing or adapting drivers)
• Keep the robot description (URDF/Xacro), sensor extrinsics and TF tree accurate on every hardware variant
• Tune and improve the localization and mapping pipeline
• Develop and tune autonomous navigation and exploration
• Write and maintain ROS 2 nodes in C++ and Python
• Maintain the containerized deployment for Jetson devices
• Run tests and survey missions on the real robot, and debug problems across hardware, drivers, timing, TF and software
• Collaborate with the perception and application teams to agree on data outputs, format and quality as well as on the robot-to-app interface
• Conduct meetings and tests with partners to provide feedback on the hardware to be serialized.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with real mobile robots, not only simulation
• Practical experience with LiDAR-based SLAM and localization, and with integrating and tuning existing frameworks (e.g. RTAB-Map, FAST-LIO, Cartographer, SLAM Toolbox)
• Experience with Nav2 or a comparable navigation stack, including configuration and tuning on real hardware
• Good programming skills in C++ and Python, and comfort with Bash and Linux
• Knowledge of point cloud processing
• Experience with NVIDIA Jetson platforms (JetPack, power modes, performance tuning)
• Experience with Docker for robotics deployment
• Experience with CI/CD and software testing/development best practices
• Hands-on electronics skills: reading datasheets and schematics, wiring and soldering, power systems, and sensor interfaces (Ethernet, USB, UART/serial, CAN)
• Solid understanding of coordinate frames, transforms, time synchronization and sensor calibration
• A systematic approach to debugging when the cause could be in hardware or software

Nice to Have

• Experience with Behavior Trees, MPPI or other model-predictive controllers, or frontier-based exploration
• Experience designing PCBs or harnesses, or working with microcontrollers and motor controllers
• Open-source contributions, publications or robotics project demos
• Experience with Gazebo or Isaac Simulator for developing simulated robots and quickly testing robotic stacks
• Experience in fast prototyping through CAD design and 3D printing.

What this role is not

This is an on-site robotics software role focused on autonomy. It’s not primarily a full-stack, computer vision, ML/AI, electronics, or mechanical engineering position.

What We Offer

• Work on real autonomous robots
• A collaborative, engineering-driven team with high ownership and real-world impact
• Wellpass (company-subsidized fitness and wellness membership)