Autonomous Robotics AI Engineer

Placements24; LegKraal Gate; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Robotics labs access

Professional development

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Placements24 in Mahikeng is seeking a Robotics AI Engineer to develop AI for perceptual and autonomous robotic systems. You will fuse AI, ML, CV, and control theory to enable robots to perceive, reason, and act in complex environments.

The role involves designing AI and control algorithms, simulating them in Gazebo/MuJoCo, and integrating sensors with hardware teams to deploy on physical robots.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Robotics, CS, or EE with AI/robotics focus.
• Proven experience in AI solutions for robotics.
• Strong programming in Python and C++, ROS experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement AI algorithms for robot perception, navigation, and manipulation.
• Integrate ML models for object recognition, path planning, and decision-making.
• Design control systems for robotic platforms with safe operation.
• Simulate and test AI and control algorithms in virtual environments.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to integrate sensors and actuators.

Skills

AI development

Machine learning

Computer vision

Control theory

Python

C++

Robotics

Education

Master's or PhD in Robotics

Tools

ROS

Gazebo

MuJoCo

Job description

Placements24 in Mahikeng is seeking a Robotics AI Engineer to develop AI for perceptual and autonomous robotic systems. You will fuse AI, ML, CV, and control theory to enable robots to perceive, reason, and act in complex environments.

The role involves designing AI and control algorithms, simulating them in Gazebo/MuJoCo, and integrating sensors with hardware teams to deploy on physical robots.