Relativity Space
Senior Robotics Kinematics Engineer
$146K–$218K
Long Beach, California +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 17, 2026
- Location
- Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- BS required; MS preferred in Robotics Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
About the job
Develops and maintains robotics kinematics algorithms, software libraries, and calibration tools for advanced manufacturing systems.
What you'll do
- Develop real-time forward/inverse kinematics and redundancy-resolution algorithms for robotic systems with 6+ DoF.
- Own and maintain a shared kinematics library and develop robot calibration tools and methodologies.
- Serve as the subject matter expert for robot kinematics, motion modeling, and multi-axis synchronization.
What they ask for
- BS in Robotics Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years developing kinematics algorithms for underactuated and redundant robotic systems.
- Expertise in robot kinematic modeling and calibration using industrial metrology and localization hardware.
- Proficiency in C++, Linux, and modern software engineering practices; comfortable with Python; experience designing modular software architectures.
Nice to have
- Experience with ROS and open-source robotics libraries.
- Experience with multi-robot coordination and synchronization, mobile manipulators, or real-time robotics software; PhD in a related field.
Pay
$146,000 — $218,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
C++, Linux, Python, ROS, Leica, OptiTrack
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