Robotics Engineer: Real-World Store Autonomy

Cota Robotics; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cota Robotics is a software-focused robotics startup that places robots in live stores to perform shelves and pallets work. You’ll develop and deploy manipulation and navigation policies on real robots, collaborating with hardware teams as needed to ensure reliable operation in stores at dawn.

You’ll balance learned control with classical planning and perception, deciding which approach fits each problem and taking ownership from store observation to shipped behavior in a fast, chaotic

Qualifications

• Experience getting software to run on real robots, not only simulation.
• Understanding when to use classical vs learned approaches.
• Ability to define problems before solving them.
• Comfort with fast-paced, chaotic environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy manipulation and navigation policies on real robots in real stores.
• Work with VLAs and modern learned control alongside classical planning, perception, and control.
• Decide which approach fits which problem, and be right about it often enough.
• Own problems from store observation to shipped behavior.

Skills

Robotics software integration

Real robots deployment

System architecture tradeoffs

Fast learning & problem framing

Job description

Cota Robotics is a software-focused robotics startup that places robots in live stores to perform shelves and pallets work. You’ll develop and deploy manipulation and navigation policies on real robots, collaborating with hardware teams as needed to ensure reliable operation in stores at dawn.

You’ll balance learned control with classical planning and perception, deciding which approach fits each problem and taking ownership from store observation to shipped behavior in a fast, chaotic