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Position: Robotics Software Engineer

Type: Hourly Contract

Compensation: $10.5/hour

Location: Remote

Duration: Until September 23, 2025

Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities (Training support will be provided)

Build and optimize robotics software stacks for perception, planning, and control.
Integrate computer vision (CV), SLAM, and reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms into real-world robotic systems.
Develop scalable robotics pipelines using ROS, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and OpenCV.
Benchmark and validate performance across simulated and real-world environments.
Optimize models and algorithms for real-time execution on constrained hardware (CUDA).
Collaborate with researchers and engineers to bring robotics systems from prototype to production.

Requirements

Background in Robotics, Computer Science, or Engineering.
Proficiency in ROS with hands-on robotics pipeline experience.
Strong coding skills in C++ and Python, with experience in libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenCV, and NumPy.
Knowledge of robotics fundamentals: perception, motion planning, SLAM, and control theory.
Experience deploying real-time systems on constrained hardware (e.g., CUDA).
Familiarity with simulation environments such as Gymnasium for RL training.

Application process: (Takes 20 min)