Gritt Robotics Inc
Robotics Software - Planning & Controls Engineer
South San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted May 26, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years.
- Education
- M.S./Ph.D. in robotics, vision, computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or another engineering discipline (or equivalent experience).
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
About the job
Develop and deploy planning and control systems for robots performing manipulation and navigation in dynamic outdoor environments, including real-world deployments.
What you'll do
- Develop planning and control techniques and generate real-time, safe, efficient trajectories for robot manipulators and mobile robots.
- Build scalable planning representations, GPU-based trajectory evaluation, and closed-loop control using classical algorithms and ML.
- Develop simulation techniques and metrics to benchmark performance, and collaborate across teams.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of hands-on experience developing robotics planning/control solutions for applications such as manipulation and navigation.
- Experience with at least one of trajectory generation, optimization, sampling, cost/reward shaping, or control.
- Experience with robotics simulation infrastructure.
- Proficiency in C++ and comfort with Python.
Tools
C++, Python, Isaac Sim, Gazebo, GPUs, ML
AI focus
Build robot AI capabilities, including planning representations for classical and learned techniques and real-time closed-loop control leveraging classical algorithms and ML.
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