Senior Motion Planning Engineer — ROS 2 / MoveIt

Motion Recruitment; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

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Vacation Time

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Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Senior Robotics Engineer in the Boston area to own motion planning for a cutting-edge robotic platform. You will work directly with physical robots on multi-axis motion, kinematics, collision avoidance, and real-time trajectory execution, influencing architecture and technical direction.

You will collaborate with a small, highly technical team to bring robotics software from development to deployment, including production-grade code, hardware integration, and

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with MoveIt/MoveIt 2 in production or near-production systems.
• Proficient in ROS 2 and real-time trajectory execution.
• Strong understanding of forward and inverse kinematics.
• Experience with kinematic solvers and collision avoidance.

Skills

MoveIt/MoveIt 2

Motion planning

C++ & Python

Kinematics

KDL/TRAC-IK

Collision avoidance

URDF/SRDF modeling

Robotic hardware experience

Velocity/acceleration limits

Production-grade robotics software

Robot simulation

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Robotics or related field

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Senior Robotics Engineer in the Boston area to own motion planning for a cutting-edge robotic platform. You will work directly with physical robots on multi-axis motion, kinematics, collision avoidance, and real-time trajectory execution, influencing architecture and technical direction.

You will collaborate with a small, highly technical team to bring robotics software from development to deployment, including production-grade code, hardware integration, and