Humanoid Robotics Autonomy Engineer

Vindynamics

Reno (NV)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Job summary

VinDynamics is hiring an AI Robot Engineer to develop autonomy software for humanoid robots, spanning perception, planning, and execution. You will bridge research and production-grade systems to enable reliable operation in dynamic environments.

You will work with AI, controls, and perception teams to deploy autonomous capabilities on real robots and validate them in simulation and hardware.

Qualifications

  • MS or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong C++ and Python programming skills.
  • Experience with ROS2 or similar robotics middleware.
  • Experience with behavior planning, motion planning, or robot autonomy.
  • Strong understanding of robotics software architecture and system integration.
  • Comfortable debugging complex robotic systems across software and hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop autonomy software for humanoid robots.
  • Build behavior planning and task execution frameworks for long-horizon robotic tasks.
  • Develop robot decision-making systems that coordinate perception, locomotion, and manipulation.
  • Integrate navigation, semantic mapping, and motion planning into a unified autonomy stack.
  • Work closely with AI, controls, and perception engineers to deploy autonomous behaviors on real robots.
  • Build tools to improve robot reliability, debugging, and performance; design and validate autonomous capabilities in simulation and on hardware.

Skills

C++
Python
ROS2
Behavior planning
Motion planning
Robot autonomy
Debugging

Education

MS in Robotics / CS / EE / ME
PhD (optional)

Tools

ROS2 middleware
Gazebo
MuJoCo
Isaac Sim

Job description

VinDynamics is hiring an AI Robot Engineer to develop autonomy software for humanoid robots, spanning perception, planning, and execution. You will bridge research and production-grade systems to enable reliable operation in dynamic environments.

You will work with AI, controls, and perception teams to deploy autonomous capabilities on real robots and validate them in simulation and hardware.

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