Robotics Application Engineer – Software

Ultra; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultra in New York seeks a Robotics Application Engineer to lead technical deployments from sale closure to live operations in customer warehouses. Ideal candidates should have robust software engineering skills, particularly in machine vision and motion planning, and possess excellent customer engagement abilities.

The role demands proactive communication, organizational skills, and a passion for complex systems. Ultra offers between $110,000 and $150,000 annually, depending on experience.

Join us in making automation accessible for all!

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering experience with machine vision and motion planning.
• Eagerness to engage with customers and understand their needs.
• Dependable and organized, able to manage timelines effectively.
• Willingness to dive into complex systems and gain a complete understanding.
• Thrives in a high-trust, high-autonomy environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct customer kickoffs to study operations and gather integration requirements.
• Integrate various customer systems through multiple communication protocols.
• Develop robot task logic and workflows using our technology stack.
• Prepare demo environments to test against customer KPIs.
• Collaborate with robot pilots to validate timing studies.
• Document processes and hand off deployments to field teams.

Skills

Machine vision

Motion planning

Customer engagement

Organizational skills

Complex systems understanding

High autonomy working

Tools

Linux

Python

C

OpenCV

PCL

MoveIt

OMPL

Job description

Robotics Application Engineer – Software

Brooklyn

Hardware

In office

Full-time

About Ultra

Ultra builds industrial AI robots that are working in the real world today. Our robots automate mission‑critical warehouse labor end‑to‑end, starting with e‑commerce order packaging. We deploy fast, learn from real production data, and iterate aggressively. We already have a quickly growing number of revenue‑generating robots operating in U.S. warehouses, and are now scaling towards thousands of deployments over the next few years. Our mission is simple: build the world’s most useful and deployable robot.

Robotics is not for the faint of heart. There are no silver bullets here. It is tiresome, unglamorous, and at times brutal work. The only way out is through, and the only way through is treacherous and unknown. But on the other side awaits insatiable demand and unimaginable opportunity. Join us if you dare.

Overview

We’re seeking a Robotics Application Software Engineer to join our NYC‑based team and own the technical journey from the moment a sale closes to the moment a robot goes live in a customer warehouse. You’ll be a part of the team that brings our projects to life – gathering requirements, designing and building solutions in our lab to confirm deployment readiness, and handing off a production‑ready deployment to our field team.

We are an early stage company moving very fast in a rapidly growing space, and welcome people from any background as long as you’re excited to join our mission, drive immediate impact, and create a future where automation is accessible to all.

Who You Are

• Strong software engineer with hands‑on machine vision and motion planning experience. You’ve shipped code that makes robots see and move.
• You like customers. A good customer call energizes you as much as a good debugging session.
• Organized and dependable. You own timelines and communicate proactively.
• You dig into complex systems — software, electrical, mechanical — until you understand them.
• High‑trust, high‑autonomy environment suits you. You already know the top priority and you’re already on it.

What You’ll Do

• Run customer kickoffs: study their operation, collect KPIs and integration requirements, build the plan.
• Integrate with customer systems — WMS, conveyors, PLCs, printers, scanners — over USB, ethernet, and API.
• Build the robot workflow: task logic, perception, and planning on top of our stack.
• Support the buildout of a demo‑environment in our facility when necessary to prove we are hitting customer KPIs before deployment.
• Work with our human robot pilots to run timing studies, iterate until we hit the customer’s numbers.
• Hand off to field deployment with documentation, scripts, runbooks, and software proven in the lab.

Bonus Skills

• Robotics, warehouse, fulfillment, or industrial automation experience.
• OpenCV, PCL, MoveIt, OMPL; depth cameras, point clouds, 6DoF pose estimation.
• Linux, Python or C; bonus for ROS, gRPC, industrial protocols (Modbus, EtherNet/IP, OPC UA, serial).

Expected Compensation
$110,000 – $150,000/annual salary equity benefits

This compensation range may be inclusive of several career levels at Ultra and will be narrowed during the interview process based on the candidate’s experience and qualifications. Adjustments outside of this range may be considered for candidates whose qualifications significantly differ from those outlined in the job description.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.