Staff Robotics Engineer I (Robotics Integration Focus)

$85,000 - $115,000/Yr

Applied Research Associates - Warrendale, PA

Full-time - Entry Level

Warrendale, PA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Staff Robotics Engineer I position at Neya focuses on robotics integration, specifically in the development of off-road autonomy for commercial and defense applications. The role involves enhancing and optimizing localization and path planning systems, conducting field tests, and collaborating with a team of engineers and scientists to create specialized autonomy behaviors. This position requires a strong technical background and offers the opportunity to work on diverse robotics challenges, including control of construction equipment and drone navigation.

Responsibilities

• Enhance and optimize implementations of cutting-edge localization and path planning systems for off-road vehicles.
• Stress test and improve traversability estimation perception layers that model complex off-road environments through multi-modal sensor fusion.
• Work with other team members to provide datasets to support autonomous navigation research and development.
• Conduct field tests and experimental characterization of system performance.
• Simulate and analyze edge case scenarios using the off-road-focused VISE simulation engine.
• Identify new opportunities to deploy autonomy, target customers, and participate in customer engagement.

Requirements

• S or MS in Robotics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• At least 2 years of experience with a bachelor's degree or 0-2 years of experience with a master's degree.
• Skilled in writing object-oriented code in C++ using a Git-based workflow in a Linux environment.
• Some experience with publish/subscribe communication frameworks, especially ROS.
• Knowledgeable in modern software principles, architecture, and design.
• Excellent mathematical reasoning skills, especially with statistics and probability.
• Familiarity with unit testing suites such as GTest or CppUnit.
• General understanding of Agile software development cycle and development methodology.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with autonomous and robotic systems.
• Familiarity or experience with sensor data processing software libraries such as OpenCV and PCL and open-source robotics frameworks like ROS.
• Strong interest in autonomous technologies and applications.
• Experience with sensor data processing, path planning, localization, or control.
• Some experience with developing robotics algorithms.
• Demonstrated success working with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• Premium Healthcare Benefits: Medical, dental and vision benefits with Neya covering 100% of the plan premium for you and your dependents.
• Basic Life/AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance, 100% of plan premiums covered by Neya.
• Generous company holidays, all floatable throughout the fiscal year.
• Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year.
• Employees are eligible for contributions through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and 401(k) retirement savings plan, including traditional and Roth 401(k).