Robotics Calibration & Diagnostics Engineer

DeepMind Technologies Limited; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

DeepMind seeks a Robotics Engineer focused on System Health and Calibration to ensure hardware performs as expected, detect deviations, and implement software-based remedies. You will build telemetry and diagnostic tools, analyze complex hardware-software interactions, and contribute robust calibration routines in a collaborative robotics research setting.

Join a dynamic team of robotics researchers, hardware engineers, and reliability specialists to keep our robot fleet operating at peak

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience developing, testing, and debugging software for physical robotics or embedded platforms.
• 1 year of software development in C++ and Python in a Linux environment.
• 1 year of experience with scientific/data analysis libraries for processing time-series sensor logs.
• 1 year of experience with sensors/actuators such as encoders, IMUs, cameras.

Responsibilities

• Implement and automate calibration routines and verification pipelines for robot sensors and assemblies.
• Develop onboard diagnostics and telemetry tools to analyze high-frequency time-series data and detect hardware anomalies.
• Investigate faults using testbenches and collaborate with hardware engineers for end-to-end failure isolation.
• Write modular, high-performance C++ and Python code with strong automated test coverage.
• Document failure modes, calibration procedures, and diagnostic playbooks to support fleet scaling.

Skills

Programming in C++

Python programming

Linux environment

NumPy/SciPy

Robotics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/Robotics or related field

Tools

NumPy

SciPy

pandas

Job description

DeepMind seeks a Robotics Engineer focused on System Health and Calibration to ensure hardware performs as expected, detect deviations, and implement software-based remedies. You will build telemetry and diagnostic tools, analyze complex hardware-software interactions, and contribute robust calibration routines in a collaborative robotics research setting.

Join a dynamic team of robotics researchers, hardware engineers, and reliability specialists to keep our robot fleet operating at peak