Systems Engineer (Junior)

OSARO; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Unlimited vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

OSARO in San Francisco seeks an experienced robotics deployment engineer to lead the development and deployment layers across robotic systems. You will own end-to-end system behavior and performance for deployments.

Collaborate with solutions, engineering, and customer success teams to ensure behavior aligns with workflows and deployment scopes. Travel to customer sites for deployments, potentially for several weeks at a time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of robotic control development experience.
• Experience developing and tuning control frameworks for robotic applications.
• Experience with trajectory optimization, kinematics, and motion planning for multi-axis robots.
• Expertise in Rust or C++ and software design, architecture, and complex real-time multi-process systems.
• Hands-on experience with industrial robotic arms and low-level hardware controllers.
• Knowledge of robotic system design, integration, debugging, verification, and testing in demanding real-time environments.
• Experience with robotic sensors such as cameras, force sensors, and grippers, including integration, calibration, or real-time data processing.
• Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field is a bonus.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of deployment layers across robotic systems.
• Own end-to-end system behavior and performance for deployments.
• Bridge solution, engineering, and customer success teams on system behavior and performance.
• Collaborate with deployment teams to commission OSARO robotic cells.
• Design cell and system flow and coordinate with software and hardware teams to ensure behavior matches workflows and scopes of work.
• Travel to customer sites for deployment activities, potentially for several weeks at a time.

Skills

Robotic control

Motion planning

Rust/C++

Real-time systems

Sensor integration

Education

Bachelor in CS/Robotics

Masters/PhD in CS/Robotics

Tools

ROS

C++

RTOS

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of deployment layers across robotic systems.
• Own end-to-end system behavior and performance for deployments.
• Bridge solution, engineering, and customer success teams on system behavior and performance.
• Collaborate with deployment teams to commission OSARO robotic cells.
• Design cell and system flow and coordinate with software and hardware teams to ensure behavior matches workflows and scopes of work.
• Travel to customer sites for deployment activities, potentially for several weeks at a time.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of robotic control development experience.
• Experience developing and tuning control frameworks for robotic applications.
• Experience with trajectory optimization, kinematics, and motion planning for multi-axis robots.
• Expertise in Rust or C++ and software design, architecture, and complex real-time multi-process systems.
• Hands-on experience with industrial robotic arms and low-level hardware controllers.
• Knowledge of robotic system design, integration, debugging, verification, and testing in demanding real-time environments.
• Experience with robotic sensors such as cameras, force sensors, and grippers, including integration, calibration, or real-time data processing.
• Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field is a bonus.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment is a bonus.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, and commuter benefits.
• Unlimited vacation time.
• Paid parental leave with options for additional reduced and unpaid leave.
• Full-time position available immediately.
• Customer-site travel may be required for several weeks during deployments, with minimal to no travel outside deployment periods.
• Opportunity to work with robots.