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L3Harris Technologies · 1 month ago

Sr. Specialist, Robotics and Controls Engineering

Palm Bay, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

6+ years exp

L3Harris Technologies is a leader in the defense industry, committed to delivering mission-critical technology solutions. They are seeking a driven robotics engineer to design, implement, and test robotic systems for dynamic real-world environments, focusing on enhancing manipulation, perception, and autonomy capabilities.

CommercialInformation TechnologyNational Security

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, implement and test robotic systems for operation in challenging and dynamic real world environments

Work performed would be in close coordination with mechanical design, electrical, and software teams to refine manipulation, perception and autonomy capabilities to improve overall system performance

Increase the capabilities and reliability of a robotic payload on multiple platforms

Development, implementation, and testing of robotic motion and control algorithms with an emphasis for use on mobile platforms

Update existing motion control algorithms and software with new capabilities to reach state of the art performance levels

Involved in development from the brainstorming phase, through design and prototyping, to lab and field testing on hardware

Work in close coordination with other subsystems (e.g. perception processing)

Ability to test early and often through configuring or developing necessary simulation and laboratory environments

Qualification

Robotic systems designKinematics/DynamicsControl TheoryMatlabC++GitRobot Operating System (ROS)Gazebo SimulatorAI/ML experienceSimulation environmentsRobotic manipulationComputer vision methodologiesNumerical methodsCommon robotic sensors

Required

Bachelor's Degree in engineering and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience

Ability to obtain a TS/SCI or higher level US security clearance (Active clearance is not required to start)

3+ years of experience working on the design of robotic systems

Mathematics of rotations (rotation matrices, quaternions, Euler angles, etc.)

Basics of Control Theory

Prior or current professional experience working with Kinematics/Dynamics

Professional experience with the following software tools: Matlab, C++, Git