Senior Motion Planning Engineer

Senior Motion Planning Engineer at consulteer InCyber AG in Zürich, CH. Design and deploy advanced motion planning algorithms for mobile robots and manipulators, driving technical objectives aligned with product strategy.

This position focuses on shaping the future of robotics by creating and implementing sophisticated motion planning algorithms for both mobile robots and manipulators. The successful candidate will take ownership of technical goals, ensuring they align with the squad's roadmap and the broader product strategy.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement advanced motion planning algorithms for mobile robots and manipulators across navigation and manipulation domains.
• Develop optimization-based planners, including defining cost functions and constraints suitable for embedded robotic systems.
• Implement production-ready software in C++ and Python, with strong focus on testing, validation, and maintainability.
• Develop, integrate, and debug ROS2 nodes within complex robotic systems.
• Own and drive technical objectives, aligned with the squad roadmap and overall product strategy.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues spanning robotic software stacks and hardware platforms, from prototype to production.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience in robot motion planning, including navigation, obstacle avoidance, and manipulation.
• Solid background in numerical optimization applied to motion planning problems.
• Proven expertise in C++ and Python, with experience deploying software in production environments.
• Practical experience with NumPy, PyTorch, or JAX.
• Ability to work independently and drive complex topics end-to-end.
• Hands-on experience with ROS2 development and integration.

Nice to have

• Experience with GPU development, particularly on NVIDIA Jetson platforms.
• Exposure to generative models, such as flow-based models.
• Experience working with humanoid robots.
• Familiarity with NVIDIA Omniverse or comparable simulation environments.