Job: Senior Robotics Engineer, Simulation & Validation

About our client:

Our client is the company behind the Postmates delivery robot, which was launched in Los Angeles and has completed tens of thousands of deliveries in the city’s busiest neighborhoods. Now, as an independent and rapidly growing company, it aims to connect people with what they need through robots designed to serve people.

About the Role:

Our client is looking for an enthusiastic individual to join its Autonomy team, capable of addressing the challenging task of developing automated testing software that can accelerate insights generation as we iterate on technology development. The ideal candidate should be skilled at automating tools that improve developer productivity (such as running the Autonomy Stack from Docker using log replay from recorded clips), building simulation pipelines to test difficult cases that are not easily replicable in the real world, managing CI/CD runs for model regressions, and assisting the QA team in developing tools that expedite testing cycles.

Responsibilities

• Build open loop simulation system, tailored towards the environment of our sidewalk robot. Develop scenarios depicting real world situations for testing autonomy algorithms.
• Build and integrate on-robot software modules with simulation engine.
• Responsible for the software release testing process.
• Ensure the quality and performance of the autonomy software through continuous improvement of testing processes and methodologies.
• Implement automatic metrics generation pipeline from benchmark regression datasets that runs Autonomy stack to compare different software version runs.
• Develop test and processes to validate the performance of hardware and software.
• Support software feature testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in developing automation and simulation scenarios for robots or similar technologies.
• Proficient in creating simulation scenarios using simulation rendering engines like Gazebo, with a specific focus on robotics.
• Experience deploying automated testing for hardware systems at scale.
• Collaborate with development and product teams to understand requirements and create effective testing strategies
• Experience with core QA methodologies, including problem isolation techniques, regression testing, or systems integration testing.
• Strong C++ and Python or equivalent scripting language experience. Has written automation pipelines with them that improves ease of testing capability of complex robotic systems.
• Highly motivated teammate with excellent oral and written communication skills.

What makes you standout

• Experience with Nvidia Isaac simulation
• Experience with Docker, CI/CD systems, gcp and build systems like bazel
• DevOps experience