Robotics Engineer I
Blue Origin3 days ago
Base Salary
$111k - $155k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop, train, fine-tune, and evaluate learned robot manipulation policies for multi-step tasks.
- Collect teleoperation demonstrations and build data pipelines for policy training and benchmarking.
- Build and maintain NVIDIA Omniverse, Isaac Sim, and Isaac Lab simulation environments and help close the sim-to-real gap.
- Integrate, bring up, and operate robotic arms, dexterous hands, grippers, cameras, force/torque sensors, and commercial platforms.
- Write and maintain ROS 2 control interfaces, perception pipelines, and robot safety limits.
- Run analyses, simulations, and prototype tests supporting system-level trades in mobility, power, thermal performance, compute, and communications.
- Document results and communicate findings to stakeholders and the broader team.
Requirements
- B.S. degree in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
- Hands-on real robot hardware experience through coursework, research, internships, project teams, competition robotics, rover teams, or lab work.
- Proficiency in Python and working knowledge of C++.
- Familiarity with robot kinematics, dynamics, and control fundamentals.
- Experience with at least one robotics simulation environment.
- Ability to assemble hardware, wire systems, debug sensors, and safely operate robots in a lab.
- Preferred: M.S. degree or equivalent research experience.
- Preferred: experience training or fine-tuning learned robot policies with imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or vision-language-action/foundation models using PyTorch or JAX.
- Preferred: experience with ROS 2, NVIDIA Omniverse, Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, industrial or collaborative robot arms, physics-based modeling, computer vision, perception, teleoperation, or robot-learning data collection.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) with company match up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
- Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
- Up to four weeks of paid time off per year based on scheduled hours and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Additional benefits and discretionary bonuses may depend on role type and job level.
About Blue Origin
Blue Origin designs and manufactures rocket engines, reusable launch vehicles, and lunar transport systems for commercial and government customers. Its products include the suborbital New Shepard, the in-development New Glenn orbital rocket, BE-4 engines (used on ULA’s Vulcan), and the Blue Moon lander; revenue comes from launch services, engine supply, and space systems contracts, including a NASA Human Landing System award. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the company is headquartered in Kent, Washington.