Senior Robotic Manipulation Engineer - Real-World Learning

Trubot Technology; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Trubot Inc. in Fremont, California, is seeking a Senior Robotics Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy software on physical robotic arms. The role demands hands-on experience in robotic manipulation, ROS2, motion planning, and real-world debugging.

You will work across perception, planning, and control, integrating hardware interfaces and ML-based methods to deliver reliable robotic systems on production platforms from day one.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, AI, or related field.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience developing, integrating, debugging, and deploying software on physical robotic manipulation systems.
• Hands-on experience with robotic platforms such as Franka, UR, ABB, Flexiv, KUKA, FANUC, Kinova, or similar industrial arms.
• Strong experience with ROS2 and robotic system integration.
• Strong experience with MoveIt or MoveIt 2, motion planning, IK, trajectory generation, collision checking, calibration, grasping, and manipulation.
• Experience developing robotic systems for grasping, insertion, assembly, cable handling, tool use, or other contact-rich tasks.
• Experience applying machine learning techniques to robotics (reinforcement learning, imitation learning, diffusion, etc.).
• Strong programming skills in Python and C++.
• Strong Linux development and real-world robot debugging experience.
• Ability to work onsite in Fremont, California.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and deploy robotic manipulation software on physical robot arms.
• Develop and debug manipulation systems for grasping, insertion, tool use, cable handling, assembly, and other contact-rich tasks.
• Implement motion planning, forward/inverse kinematics, trajectory generation, collision checking, calibration, end-effector integration, force control, and manipulation strategies.
• Integrate perception, planning, control, and hardware interfaces into reliable end-to-end robotic systems.
• Deploy, validate, and optimize robotic software on physical robot arms and mobile manipulation platforms.
• Apply ML techniques—including RL, imitation learning, diffusion, and VLA—to improve manipulation performance.
• Develop and improve RL, LfD, behavior cloning, diffusion methods for manipulation.
• Explore VLA, Embodied AI, and foundation-model-based approaches for manipulation.
• Evaluate policy robustness, task success, and generalization; analyze failure modes.

Skills

Python

C++

ROS2

MoveIt/MoveIt 2

Industrial robot arms

Linux

Debugging robotics systems

Education

MS or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or related field

Tools

Franka

UR (Universal Robots)

ABB

Flexiv

KUKA

FANUC

Kinova

MoveIt 2

Job description

Trubot Inc. in Fremont, California, is seeking a Senior Robotics Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy software on physical robotic arms. The role demands hands-on experience in robotic manipulation, ROS2, motion planning, and real-world debugging.

You will work across perception, planning, and control, integrating hardware interfaces and ML-based methods to deliver reliable robotic systems on production platforms from day one.