Senior Robotics Motion Planning Engineer — MoveIt 2 in Production

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Bonus eligible

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Stock options

Vacation time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC is seeking a Senior Robotics Engineer to own motion planning for a robotic platform that operates on real hardware in production settings. You will shape architecture and drive real-time trajectory execution, collaborating with hardware teams.

You will apply ROS 2, MoveIt 2, and advanced motion planning to solve multi-axis kinematics, collision avoidance, and real-time control issues across production deployments.

Qualifications

• 2+ years hands-on MoveIt/MoveIt 2 in production or near-production systems.
• Deep expertise in motion planning algorithms (RRT, RRT*, PRM, CHOMP, STOMP, TrajOpt).
• Strong C++ and/or Python within the ROS 2 ecosystem.
• Understanding of forward/inverse kinematics.
• Experience with kinematic solvers such as KDL or TRAC-IK.
• Experience with collision avoidance and safety-aware motion planning.
• Experience configuring URDF/SRDF models and planning scenes.
• Experience with robotic hardware and actuator constraints.
• Knowledge of velocity, acceleration, and joint limits.
• Experience developing production-grade robotics software.
• Experience with robotic simulation environments.

Responsibilities

• Own motion planning for the robotic platform and drive architecture direction.
• Collaborate on hardware integration, testing, and validation on real robots.
• Develop production-grade software for real-time trajectory execution and safety.

Skills

MoveIt/MoveIt 2

Motion planning

C++/Python

Kinematics (forward/inverse)

KDL/TRAC-IK

Collision avoidance

URDF/SRDF modeling

Robotics hardware integration

Velocity/acceleration limits

Production-grade robotics software

Robot simulation environments

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Robotics/Mechanical/CSE

Tools

ROS 2

MoveIt 2

URDF/SRDF

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC is seeking a Senior Robotics Engineer to own motion planning for a robotic platform that operates on real hardware in production settings. You will shape architecture and drive real-time trajectory execution, collaborating with hardware teams.

You will apply ROS 2, MoveIt 2, and advanced motion planning to solve multi-axis kinematics, collision avoidance, and real-time control issues across production deployments.