Overview As Senior Robotics Engineer - Motion Planning, you lead motion planning and trajectory generation for a multi-axis robotics platform. You will own collision-aware planning and integrate with perception, controls, and mechanical teams to move from prototype to production-ready systems. This role combines hands-on development on real hardware with shaping architecture and technical direction. You will work in a fast-growing robotics company delivering next-generation industrial automation solutions. You will be at the core of optimizing performance and reliability in safety-critical environments.
Compensation / Benefits- competitive base salary plus bonus and equity potential
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- generous PTO and paid holidays
- opportunity to work on cutting-edge robotics in real industrial environments
- high-impact role with ownership and leadership
Responsibilities- Lead development of motion planning software for a complex multi-axis robotic platform
- Design and optimize collision-aware trajectory planning for constrained workspaces
- Configure and extend MoveIt 2 planning pipelines, kinematic models, and planning scenes
- Develop robust path planning algorithms using OMPL, RRT, PRM, CHOMP, STOMP, and related frameworks
- Implement ROS2 nodes for motion planning, trajectory execution, actuator feedback, and robot state management
- Collaborate with perception engineers to integrate sensor-driven planning
- Work with hardware and systems engineers to define kinematic limits, motion profiles, and safety constraints
- Hands-on debugging and optimization on production robotic systems during development and field deployments
- Write clean, production-quality software and document architecture and design decisions
- Continuously improve robot performance, reliability, and cycle time through planning optimization
Key requirements- 6+ years of professional robotics software development experience
- Deep expertise in robotic motion planning and trajectory generation
- Production experience with ROS2 and MoveIt or MoveIt 2
- Strong understanding of sampling-based planners: RRT, RRT , RRT-Connect, PRM
- Experience with trajectory optimization techniques: CHOMP, STOMP, TrajOpt, or similar
- Kinematics proficiency with KDL, TRAC-IK, or equivalent libraries
- Strong C++ and Python development skills
- Experience implementing collision avoidance and real-time path planning
- Experience integrating robotics software with physical hardware
- Strong debugging skills across software and electromechanical systems
- collaboration across cross-functional teams
- problem-solving mindset
- systems thinking
- ROS2
- MoveIt / MoveIt 2
- OMPL
