Robotics Motion Planning & Control Engineer (m/f/d)

Agile Robots SE; München; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Corporate Benefits

Job summary

Agile Robots SE in Munich is looking for a Robotics Motion Planning & Control Engineer (m/f/d) to join our international team powering AgileCore. You will own the full motion stack—from planning to real hardware execution—and work on kinematics, collision avoidance, trajectory planning, visualization, and hardware/software integration.

The role emphasizes iterative development, AI-assisted engineering, and high software quality, with impact on architecture, tooling, and perception-control

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in robotics software development.
• Solid programming in C++ and working knowledge of SLAM, localization, and state estimation.
• Experience with real robots, calibration, system identification, and hardware–software debugging.

Responsibilities

• Develop algorithms for SLAM, localization, mapping, sensor fusion, and state estimation.
• Integrate cameras, depth sensors, LiDAR, IMUs, encoders, and other sensors.
• Develop and optimize controllers for position-, velocity-, or torque-controlled robots.
• Implement URDF-based models, kinematics, dynamics, and coordinate transformations.
• Improve performance through calibration, system identification, and controller tuning.
• Develop tooling for visualization, simulation, debugging, and evaluation.
• Integrate SLAM and control with perception, motion planning, and execution.
• Contribute to AgileCore’s robotics framework architecture and evolution.
• Leverage UI SDKs and AI-assisted workflows to enhance user experience.

Skills

Robotics software

C++

SLAM

Localization

State estimation

Sensor fusion

Robot kinematics

URDF modeling

Control algorithms

Real-time control

English communication

Tools

ROS 2

Pinocchio

GTSAM

Ceres

g2o

MuJoCo

Isaac Sim

Job description

About your role :

As a Robotics Motion Planning & Control Engineer (m/f/d) at Agile Robots, you will become part of a highly skilled and international team developing the core robotics algorithms powering AgileCore. Our team designs, implements, and maintains a broad portfolio of robotics algorithms that enable customers to build, deploy, and operate sophisticated automation solutions.

Your primary focus will be the complete motion stack—from planning robot motions in complex environments to executing them reliably on real hardware. You will work on kinematics, collision avoidance, trajectory planning, visualization, robot control, and bridging simulation and real-world execution.

Our team works in short, iterative development cycles with frequent releases, leveraging modern AI-assisted engineering practices to rapidly transform ideas into production-ready robotics software while maintaining high software quality.

Your responsibilities :

• Develop algorithms for SLAM, localization, mapping, sensor fusion, and state estimation.

• Integrate cameras, depth sensors, LiDAR, IMUs, encoders, and other robot sensors.

• Develop and optimize controllers for position-, velocity-, or torque-controlled robots.

• Implement URDF-based robot models, kinematics, dynamics, and coordinate transformations.

• Improve performance through calibration, system identification, and controller tuning.

• Develop tooling for visualization, simulation, debugging, and performance evaluation.

• Integrate SLAM and control with perception, motion planning, and robot execution.

• Contribute to the architecture and continuous evolution of AgileCore’s robotics framework.

• Leverage AgileCore’s UI SDKs and AI-assisted workflows to create an excellent user experience.

Essential skills :

• 5+ years of professional experience in robotics software development.

• Solid programming skills in C++.

• Strong understanding of SLAM, localization, state estimation, and sensor fusion.

• Solid understanding of robot kinematics, coordinate transformations, and URDF-based modeling.

• Experience developing and tuning control algorithms on real robots.

• Experience with sensor calibration, system identification, and hardware–software debugging.

• Experience developing production-quality software with clean architecture and APIs.

• Understanding of real-time position, velocity, or torque control.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Based in Munich or open to relocating.

Beneficial skills :

• Experience with humanoid, legged, or other high-degree-of-freedom robots.

• Experience with whole-body, impedance, model predictive, or optimization-based control.

• Experience with Pinocchio, GTSAM, Ceres, g2o, or similar frameworks.

• Experience with visual, visual-inertial, LiDAR, or RGB-D SLAM.

• Experience with ROS 2 or comparable robotics middleware.

• Experience bridging robotics algorithms to simulation environments such as NVIDIA Isaac Sim or MuJoCo.

What we offer

A dynamic high-tech company, combined with financial soundness and world-class investors.

Join an interdisciplinary, international team with 60+ different nationalities in a collaborative work environment.

Lots of development opportunities as we continue to grow.

Challenging tasks and impactful projects alongside experts that enable professional and personal growth.

Corporate Benefits Program covering health, mobility, and learning for 100€ net per month.

Modern office facilities with a rooftop terrace overlooking Munich, free drinks & fruits, and regular company events contribute to a good working environment

About us

Agile Robots SE is an international high-tech company based in Munich, Germany with a production site in Kaufbeuren and more than 3500 employees worldwide. Our mission is to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence and robotics by developing systems that combine state-of-the-art force-moment-sensing and world-leading image-processing technology. This unique combination of technologies allows us to provide user-friendly and affordable robotic solutions that enable intelligent precision assembly.

This is made possible by our employees, who bring out the best in each and every day with creativity and enthusiasm. Become part of this team and shape the future of robotics with us!

We are proud of our diversity and welcome your application regardless of gender and sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, or disability.