Senior Robotics Engineer, Manipulation & Autonomy

Robotgifs.com; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health/dental/vision

401(k) plan

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

RoboForce is seeking a Senior/Staff Robotics Engineer, Manipulation, to own the arm autonomy stack. You will architect algorithms for reaching, grasping, and manipulating objects with precision and compliance, bridging high-level planning and low-level control.

You will also collaborate on remote manipulation features, motion planning for dynamic tasks, and safe interaction with the world using impedance and MPC techniques.

Qualifications

• PhD in Robotics, Mechanical Eng, CS, or related field, or MS with 4+ years of industry experience.
• Deep understanding of rigid body kinematics, dynamics, and 3D geometry; proficient in linear algebra and Lie theory.
• Production-grade real-time C++ (C++17/20); experience with Eigen, KDL, or Pinocchio.
• Experience with motion planning libraries (OMPL, MoveIt, TrajOpt or similar).
• Experience with PID, Impedance Control, or MPC on real hardware.
• Requires 5 days/week in-office collaboration with the teams.

Responsibilities

• Advanced Motion Planning & Trajectory Generation for high-DOF arm in dynamic environments.
• Interaction Control & Compliance via impedance/admittance strategies.
• Teleoperation & Human-Robot Interface: translate operator inputs into safe robot motions.

Skills

Motion planning

Real-time C++

Robot manipulation

Impedance control

Teleoperation

Education

PhD in Robotics or related

MS with 4+ years experience

Tools

Eigen

KDL

Pinocchio

OMPL

MoveIt

TrajOpt

Job description

RoboForce is seeking a Senior/Staff Robotics Engineer, Manipulation, to own the arm autonomy stack. You will architect algorithms for reaching, grasping, and manipulating objects with precision and compliance, bridging high-level planning and low-level control.

You will also collaborate on remote manipulation features, motion planning for dynamic tasks, and safe interaction with the world using impedance and MPC techniques.