Robotics Software - Planning & Controls Engineer

Gritt https://gritt.ai/ is developing physical AI to automate the construction of large-scale infrastructure around the globe. Gritt’s systems are already deployed commercially in difficult outdoor environments, and are helping to build critical energy infrastructure. The founding team https://www.gritt.ai/team comprises experts in robotics and AI from Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and MIT. Gritt is a Series A company backed by marquee VCs. Role: Robotics Software - Planning & Controls Location: SF Bay Area (in-person) About the role We’re looking for an experienced Planning & Controls Engineer to join our team. As an early member, you will play a pivotal role in building and shaping the AI capabilities of our robots. You will work on challenging planning/control problems around manipulation and navigation in dynamic outdoor environments. You'll need to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment where you'll wear multiple hats and have a direct impact on our product's evolution. Ideally, you have a proven track record of developing and deploying planning/control systems in production, and you're passionate about pushing the boundaries of what's possible in robotics with AI. What you’ll get to work on - Develop and deploy state-of-the-art planning and control techniques for challenging manipulation and navigation problems. - Help drive our technical approach, with particular focus on real-world deployments. - Research and develop techniques around generating real-time, safe, efficient trajectories for multiple embodiments like robot manipulators and mobile robots. - Develop scalable planning representations for classical and learned techniques. - Leverage GPUs to generate and evaluate trajectories at scale. - Enable real-time, closed-loop control leveraging classical algorithms and ML. - Develop simulation techniques and metrics to benchmark and evaluate performance. - Collaborate with other teams in the company. What we look for - M.S/Ph.D degree in robotics, vision, computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or other engineering disciplines (or equivalent experience). - 4+ years of hands-on experience developing planning/control solutions for robotics applications like manipulation and navigation. - Experience working on one or more of trajectory generation, optimization, sampling, cost/reward shaping and control. - Experience working with robotics simulation infrastructure (e.g. Isaac Sim, Gazebo). - Proficient with C++ and comfortable with Python. - Should be comfortable taking ownership of tasks with light supervision. - Must have excellent problem-solving skills. - Legally authorized to work in the United States.