Robotics Applications Developer

About the Company

A truly unique opportunity to join a high profile humanoid robotics company working on next-level human interaction. Come help us build better robots!

Main Responsibilities

• Making the robots behave in a more lifelike manner
• Creating behaviors for a specific application or customer
• Debugging robots which are misbehaving

Challenges

• Observation of the subtleties of human behavior
• Development of lifelike behaviors which demonstrate the ability of the hardware
• Always be entertaining or helpful, or both – Always Be Wow
• Make sure all behaviors function to the best quality and not look non-human
• Blending multiple behaviors together seamlessly where newly developed ones do not conflict with existing ones
• Working with the wider team with ideas on the development direction of all aspects of the robot

Qualifications, Knowledge, Key Skills and Experience

• You can get to solutions fast yet leave well-structured and documented code behind
• You are intellectually curious and able to get through new territory quickly
• You are passionate about making amazing robots even more amazing
• You are open to ideas and have a positive attitude, a desire to help others, and a tendency to resolve issues without drama
• You have an attention to detail

Essential

• Python coding
• Use of a Linux OS, preferably Ubuntu but other distributions useful
• Focus on user interaction and experience

Desirable

• Machine learning and AI techniques and frameworks
• Speech recognition, NLP and TTS systems
• Computer vision and vision processing systems
• TensorFlow/PyTorch, MediaPipe
• C++, TypeScript/JS, React

Useful

• Creative background either professional or hobby
• Agile methodologies and frameworks, such as Scrum
• Video game development or other complex real-time work
• Experience with coding on real hardware

About Engineered Arts

Engineered Arts is the leading manufacturer of full-size humanoid robots used for entertainment, education, and communication. With 20 years of hardware and software development, our robots have been sold in over 30 countries worldwide with customers such as NASA, PwC, Meta, and many more.