Robotics Engineer - San Francisco, United States - Medra LLC

Description

Medra

Robotics Engineer

San Francisco, CA

• Full time

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At Medra, our mission is to accelerate biology research by making lab automation accessible to every scientist. Our robotic system relieves scientists from repetitive wet lab tasks so they can focus on making groundbreaking scientific discoveries.

By combining recent advances in robotics with state-of-the-art computer vision, Medra is developing technology that can perform protocols to the highest quality standards and be quickly deployed to new tasks.

The Team

You'll be joining a growing team who are applying their extensive professional and academic experience to Medra's mission: how do we give scientists better tools, so that they can solve the world's problems? Since deploying our systems and raising a seed round from incredible investors, Medra is now focused on growing our team so we can meet demand.

An extension of our team are our clients- amazing folks we partner with who are hoping to cure the incurable and solve the unsolvable problems in the world.

Folks who are trusting Medra to help them complete their mission faster than they thought possible.
What you will do

Develop robotic solutions to manipulate and control biology tools designed for humans
Develop and implement motion planning algorithms to avoid collisions in a complex and dynamic environment
Use computer vision to work with consumables and equipment that humans use
Integrate, test, and debug software solutions in simulation and on physical robots
Work with partner scientists at customer labs to understand their painful processes, ideate on creative solutions, decompose into individual projects, and guide implementation and deployment
Besides your focus on robustness and performance, you'll be expected to identify opportunities for simplification, and to design for scalability
Requirements

This position is 100% in-person, you must be able to come on-site to our San Francisco office. We do offer relocation benefits for applicants that need to relocate.
Experience designing and building algorithms for robotics systems
Experience or familiarity with robot arm manipulators
Proficient in Python
Relevant research/work experience in

one or more

of the following areas:
machine learning, computer vision, motion planning and trajectory optimization, kinematics and dynamics, control, and state estimation/SLAM
Experience with software engineering tools and best practices in production
A hacker's mindset - getting quickly to a good-enough solution
A willingness to wear many hats / a flexible attitude towards responsibilities and scope
Nice to haves

Experience with robotic simulation systems such as PyBullet or MuJoCo
Experience with robotics in a laboratory or manufacturing environment
Familiarity with mechanical design tools and methodology (Solidworks, etc.)
Understanding of software communication protocols (ZMQ, Redis, gRPC, etc...)
Contribution to software for a hardware product that shipped
What we offer

401k
Medical insurance
Unlimited PTO

Medra is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state, federal or local law or our other policies.

We value diversity at Medra and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply

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