Senior Motion Planning and Navigation Engineer
Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot, Figure 02, is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build.
Figure’s vision is to deploy autonomous humanoids at a global scale. Our AI team is looking for Motion Planning and Navigation Engineers to empower Figure humanoid robots with the ability to avoid getting stuck while moving throughout a world designed for humans.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, test, and deploy motion planning and navigation algorithms for humanoid robots. These will include generating body paths, footsteps and handholds, collision-free arm trajectories, and grasps.
- Assist in planning algorithms for high-level decision making.
- Develop and use modern software engineering techniques to implement high quality, well-tested software that will be deployed to the real world.Evaluate potential motion planning and navigation solutions and make design trade offs and decisions based on robot requirements.
- Collaborate with other Figure team members to develop and implement a full autonomy stack that behaves safely under uncertainty.
- Work with the Figure Integration and Testing team to continuously evaluate and improve your motion planning and navigation software.
Required Qualifications:
- Have experience implementing, testing, and deploying motion planning and navigation solutions in C++ and/or Python on real robots.
- Understand both traditional and machine learning approaches to motion planning and navigation, and the tradeoffs between various techniques.
- Be capable of quickly writing massive amounts of high quality and well-tested motion planning and navigation software.
- Possess both a theoretical understanding and have practical experience with motion planning and navigation algorithms.
- Have a deep knowledge of state of the art techniques, data structures, and software tools.
- Thrive in a high-paced environment, where solutions are often unclear and require exploration.
Bonus Qualifications:
- Passionate about building humanoid robots.
- Experience with deploying real world motion planning and navigation solutions for commercial applications.
- Publication record of developing and deploying motion planning and navigation solutions.
- Experience leading a team of developers.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $150,000 - $220,000 annually.
The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.
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