Senior Autonomous Robot Motion Planning & Controls Engineer

Onward Robotics; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Onward Robotics is seeking a Senior Motion Planning & Controls Software Engineer to design and implement motion planning and controls for autonomous mobile robots in a fast-paced Agile environment. You will help advance cobots operating near humans, focusing on safety, reliability, and performance.

The role requires strong C++ skills, robotics experience, and collaboration with mechanical, electrical, and design engineers to push features from concept to deployment on real robots.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience creating classical motion planning algorithms for autonomous mobile robots.
• Experience with source code management systems (e.g. git) and Linux.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain the motion planning and controls subsystem of autonomous robots.
• Participate in requirements-driven, object-oriented software design.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to test localization on real robots and iterate.

Skills

Modern C++

Robotics

Linux

Git

Motion planning

Trajectory tracking

Hardware/systems integration

Linear algebra

A*

RRT/RRT*

DWA

Safety principles

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Robotics/Engineering/CS

Master’s Degree in Robotics/Engineering/CS

Tools

ROS

CUDA

Job description

Onward Robotics is seeking a Senior Motion Planning & Controls Software Engineer to design and implement motion planning and controls for autonomous mobile robots in a fast-paced Agile environment. You will help advance cobots operating near humans, focusing on safety, reliability, and performance.

The role requires strong C++ skills, robotics experience, and collaboration with mechanical, electrical, and design engineers to push features from concept to deployment on real robots.