20 hours ago
Cambridge, MA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$147k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement control systems for robotic platforms executing long-horizon autonomous behaviors.
- Optimize control loops and real-time software for low-latency response and stability during complex physical interactions.
- Use an established internal simulation-based reinforcement learning pipeline to accelerate design insights.
- Collaborate with hardware and AI teams to define requirements for future robotic systems.
- Establish software development best practices, including high test coverage and modular behavioral-stack architecture.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 2 years of software development experience in one or more programming languages.
- At least 2 years of experience developing and debugging robotic software systems.
- At least 2 years of experience with physics-based simulation environments, specifically MuJoCo, for model development and testing.
- At least 1 year of experience developing behaviors for mobile robotic systems.
- Preferred: 4 years of experience developing and debugging robotic software systems.
- Preferred: expertise in reinforcement learning for robotic locomotion and physical control.
- Preferred: understanding of safe system design for physical-software interaction during autonomous operation.
- Preferred: strong background in robotic kinematics, dynamics, and classical control theory.
Benefits
- 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits are included in the compensation package.
Categories
Robotics
About Google
Google builds consumer and enterprise software and services including Search, Android, YouTube, Chrome, Maps, Gmail, and Google Cloud. Its business model centers on digital advertising and paid cloud, software, and hardware offerings (e.g., Pixel and Nest) for consumers, developers, and organizations. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Google operates globally as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.