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Skild AI · 16 hours ago

Robotics Engineer, Manipulation

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid Level
money$100K/yr - $300K/yr

Skild AI is building the world's first general purpose robotic intelligence that adapts to unseen scenarios. They are seeking a versatile Robotics Engineer to develop and implement software solutions for manipulation systems, focusing on deploying learning-based algorithms on real robot setups.

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Responsibilities

Help design algorithms, models, and techniques for various robotic manipulation tasks
Design hardware and software systems for various robotic manipulation tasks
Write controllers and perception stacks for real-world robotic deployment
Write and maintain production-level C++ and Python code for our robotic manipulation platforms
Collaborate with machine learning engineers to deploy state-of-the-art models on our robots
Continuously improve and optimize robotic software for performance, reliability, and scalability

Qualification

Robotic manipulation systemsC++PythonDeep learning librariesROS/ROS2Robotics knowledgeComputer vision algorithmsRobot learning techniquesCustom robot hardwareSoft skills

Preferred

BS, MS or higher degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience in designing robotic manipulation systems and deploying software on real robots
Experience with writing controllers and knowledge of robotics (e.g., kinematics, dynamics, control, motion planning, SLAM)
Proficiency in Python and at least one deep learning library such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, etc
Systems-level understanding of the various software modules and their interfaces in a robotic application (ROS/ROS2, simulators, etc.)
Publications at top-tier ML, robotics or CV conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CoRL, RSS, ICRA, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV)
Experience with designing custom robot hardware solutions
Proficiency with various robot learning techniques (RL, imitation learning, etc.)
Experience working with modern computer vision algorithms, sensors (LiDAR, camera, radar, etc.), 3D (meshes, point clouds, etc.), segmentation, tracking, object detection

Company

Skild AI

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Building general purpose robotic intelligence.
dateFounded in 2023
location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://www.skild.ai/

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Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage

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