Robotics Software Engineer

Edison Smart®; New York (NY); On-site; USD 207,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Healthcare

Unlimited PTO

Visa transfer support

Job summary

Edison Smart in New York City is seeking a Robotics Engineer to build the autonomy behind real-world robots, including arms and mobile platforms. You will deploy motion planning, control, and manipulation systems that must operate reliably in live environments.

You will develop in simulation and then port to hardware, shipping code daily. Proficiency in Python and C++, plus ROS 2 and related tools, is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong Python and C++ proficiency.
• Experience with ROS 2 in robotic applications.
• Knowledge of motion planning, kinematics, and trajectory generation.
• Hands-on hardware integration with arms or mobile robots.
• Experience with simulation environments such as Isaac Sim, Gazebo or MuJoCo.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy motion planning, control and manipulation for robot arms and mobile robots.
• Integrate robots with hardware and surrounding instruments.
• Develop in simulation, then deploy on real hardware.
• Ship code that runs on physical robots daily.

Skills

Python

C++

Tools

ROS 2

MoveIt

Nav2

Gazebo

MuJoCo

Job description

New York, NY (on-site) | Up to $230k base + equity

I'm working with a well funded AI and robotics startup in NYC. Their robots run real world experiments around the clock, and AI decides what to try next. Small team, serious backing, and work that leaves the simulator every day.

They need a Robotics Engineer to build the autonomy behind it: robot arms and mobile robots that have to work reliably in a live environment.

What you'll do

• Build and deploy motion planning, control and manipulation for robot arms and mobile robots
• Integrate robots with the hardware and instruments around them
• Develop in simulation, then get it working on real hardware
• Ship code that runs on physical robots every day

What they're looking for

• Strong Python and C++
• ROS 2 (MoveIt and Nav2 a big plus)
• Kinematics, motion planning and trajectory generation
• Hands on hardware integration with arms and/or mobile robots
• Comfortable in Isaac Sim, Gazebo or MuJoCo

Nice to have

• Multi robot coordination or behaviour trees
• Robots deployed in production or industrial automation

Package:

Up to $250k base, equity, fully covered healthcare, unlimited PTO. Visa transfers supported.