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Our robots operate in demanding real-world environments alongside people and heavy cargo every day. We are a small, high-impact team based in Atlanta building products that are already deployed in production.\nThe Role\nWe are looking for a Robotics Navigation and Control Engineer to own the motion planning, path planning, and control systems on our autonomous mobile robots. Our robots navigate constrained spaces-inside trailers, across loading docks, and through active warehouse floors-carrying heavy loads with tight tolerances. This role is responsible for making that movement safe, precise, and reliable.\nWe need someone who has shipped navigation and controls software on real robots at real customer sites. You should have hands-on experience tuning controllers on physical hardware, dealing with wheel slip, load dynamics, and the gap between simulation and reality. Academic publications are great, but production deployment experience is what matters here.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, implement, and optimize path planning and trajectory generation for autonomous mobile robots operating in constrained logistics environments\nDevelop and tune motion controllers (PID, MPC, or similar) for heavy-payload platforms with real-world dynamics\nImplement obstacle avoidance and safety behaviors that work reliably around people and infrastructure\nOwn the localization stack, working with perception engineers to integrate sensor-based position estimates into the control loop\nBuild simulation models and validate them against real robot behavior for faster development iteration\nAnalyze and improve robot performance using field data, telemetry, and logs from deployed systems\nCollaborate with perception, hardware, and cloud infrastructure teams to deliver integrated autonomy features\nContribute to CI/CD pipelines for controls software testing and deployment to the robot fleet\nRequirements\n5+ years of professional experience developing navigation and control systems for physical robots at a robotics or autonomous vehicle company\nStrong proficiency in C++ and Python\nDeep understanding of motion planning algorithms (A*, D*, RRT variants, lattice planners, or similar)\nHands-on experience designing and tuning controllers for mobile robot platforms\nProduction experience with ROS or ROS 2 navigation stacks\nExperience with localization techniques (EKF, particle filters, scan matching, visual odometry)\nDemonstrated ability to bridge the sim-to-real gap-tuning algorithms that work on actual hardware, not just in simulation\nComfort analyzing system behavior from logs and telemetry data\nStrong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a small team\nNice to Have\nMaster’s degree or higher in Robotics, Controls, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field\nExperience with model predictive control (MPC) or adaptive control approaches\nExperience with AWS IoT, Greengrass, or edge computing for fleet-scale robot management\nFamiliarity with Gazebo, Isaac Sim, or other robotics simulation environments\nBackground in logistics, warehousing, or heavy-payload robotics\nRemote Work Requirements\nThis role can be filled remotely. Remote team members are expected to have reliable high-speed internet access and a dedicated workspace. You will need to travel to our Atlanta facility periodically for hardware integration, testing, and tuning on physical robots. 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