11 months ago
Tokyo, JapanMid Level
Responsibilities
- Develop algorithms for robot dynamics, trajectory control, motion planning, and collision avoidance.
- Design, develop, and test algorithms for robotic manipulation, picking, and material-handling tasks.
- Build highly concurrent and performance-critical software systems.
- Implement and optimize real-time communication modules with robot controllers and peripheral devices using C/C++.
- Address technical challenges in motion planning, control, and industrial robotic system design.
- Collaborate with project management and integration teams to support proof-of-concept projects and customer deployments.
Requirements
- Academic background in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of academic or industry experience in robotics or software engineering.
- Strong proficiency in C++ and Python.
- Solid understanding of linear algebra and 3D geometry applied to robotics.
- Experience working in Linux environments.
- Motivation to solve real-world robotics problems.
- Business-level English or Japanese skills.
- Preferred: experience with concurrent or hierarchical robotic software stacks such as ROS, OpenRAVE, or custom frameworks.
- Preferred: hands-on experience with multi-joint robot hardware and advanced Linux skills.
- Preferred: mathematical foundations in multibody dynamics, collision checking, graph/search algorithms, or optimization.
Benefits
- Visa sponsorship and Japan relocation support.
- Flight ticket support, shipping expense coverage up to a specified limit, and housing assistance.
- Commuting allowance and Japanese social security benefits, including health insurance, pension, and labor insurance.
- Free buffet lunch on workdays, free vending machines, a high-end coffee machine, monthly team dinner support, and exclusive employee gym access.
- Flexible dress code, weekends off, annual paid leave, maternity and childcare leave, and flexible public-holiday scheduling.
- Work location is 3-8-5 Tatsumi, Koto-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, with hours from 8:45 to 17:45 and a 60-minute break.
About Mujin
Mujin builds the MujinController platform and turnkey robotic systems that combine 3D vision, motion planning, and real‑time control to automate logistics and manufacturing tasks such as picking, palletizing, and material handling. It sells software and integrated automation cells to warehouse and factory operators. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Tokyo, the privately held company operates globally, with subsidiaries in the United States and Europe.