Robotics Software - Planning & Controls Engineer
Gritt Robotics5 months ago
South San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy state-of-the-art planning and control techniques for manipulation and navigation.
- Drive the technical approach with an emphasis on real-world robotic deployments.
- Research and develop real-time, safe, and efficient trajectory-generation methods for robot manipulators and mobile robots.
- Develop scalable planning representations using classical and learned techniques.
- Use GPUs to generate and evaluate trajectories at scale.
- Enable real-time closed-loop control using classical algorithms and machine learning.
- Develop simulation techniques and metrics to benchmark and evaluate performance.
- Collaborate with other teams across the company.
Requirements
- M.S. or Ph.D. in robotics, vision, computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or another engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.
- At least 4 years of hands-on experience developing planning or control solutions for robotics applications such as manipulation and navigation.
- Experience with trajectory generation, optimization, sampling, cost or reward shaping, and control.
- Experience with robotics simulation infrastructure such as Isaac Sim or Gazebo.
- Proficiency with C++ and comfort with Python.
- Ability to take ownership of tasks with light supervision and demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States.
Benefits
- In-person role in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Early team member opportunity with direct impact on the evolution of Gritt's robotics product.
About Gritt Robotics
Gritt Robotics builds AI-driven robotic systems that attach to common construction equipment to automate labor-intensive tasks, verification, and planning for renewable energy projects. The company focuses first on large-scale solar, with systems already operating in harsh outdoor environments for critical infrastructure builds. Founded in 2023 and privately held, Gritt is backed by firms including Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, Obvious Ventures, Climactic, and Congruent Ventures.