Senior Robotics Platform Evaluation Lead (Equity)

Lila Sciences, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

Flexible time off with holidays

Parental leave

Educational assistance program

Commuter benefits (bike share) & lunch

Job summary

Lila Sciences, Inc. is seeking a Senior II/Staff Robotics Platform Evaluation Engineer in Cambridge, MA to lead a small team and directly contribute to hardware setup and testing.

You will define evaluation roadmaps, ensure comparable results across platforms, and drive decisions with cross-functional stakeholders. You will commission new robotics platforms, run end-to-end test suites, and validate navigation and manipulation in both real setups and Isaac Sim simulations.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying robotics platforms in production, commercial, or applied R&D settings.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers on a hands-on hardware or robotics team.
• Hands-on ROS2 and Nav2 experience in real deployments, not just simulation.
• Experience with manipulation and pick-and-place, including motion planning and grasp execution, plus arm/mobile base controls.
• Direct experience with AMRs/AGVs, 6 to 7 DoF arms, grippers, and camera or lidar perception pipelines including calibration.
• Experience with NVIDIA Isaac Sim or equivalent simulation platform for reachability/navigation validation.
• Track record building a process, framework, or standard from scratch, turning test results into decision-ready comparisons.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor 2–3 Robotics Platform Evaluation Engineers.
• Set evaluation roadmap and prioritize platforms/tasks.
• Define and maintain evaluation methodology and shared tooling for comparability.
• Communicate findings, tradeoffs, and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.
• Commission new robotics platforms from unboxing through integration with software/infra.
• Run test suites spanning navigation, manipulation, perception, and controls.
• Integrate platforms with ROS2/Nav2, adapting drivers and interfaces.
• Validate arm reachability and AMR maneuverability in Isaac Sim before hardware testing.

Skills

ROS2

Nav2

AMRs/AGVs

6-DoF arms

Grippers

Perception pipelines

Testing frameworks

Mentoring

Hardware integration

ROS-based integration

Tools

NVIDIA Isaac Sim

Simulation tooling

Job description

Lila Sciences, Inc. is seeking a Senior II/Staff Robotics Platform Evaluation Engineer in Cambridge, MA to lead a small team and directly contribute to hardware setup and testing.

You will define evaluation roadmaps, ensure comparable results across platforms, and drive decisions with cross-functional stakeholders. You will commission new robotics platforms, run end-to-end test suites, and validate navigation and manipulation in both real setups and Isaac Sim simulations.