Senior Robotics and Controls Engineer

SkyMul is revolutionizing the construction of large buildings and infrastructure. The company builds modular robots to accelerate construction with nimbleness and scalability.

SkyMul’s immediate vision is to automate a backbreaking physical task performed on concrete construction sites: rebar tying. SkyTy is a swarm of modular robots that flies over the rebar installation, detects rebar intersections, and ties the intersection autonomously. SkyTy is a scalable system for tying flat rebar installations such as slabs, bridge decks, continuously reinforced pavements, etc. SkyTy intends to save the backs of thousands of construction professionals, the majority of whom suffer musculoskeletal injuries over their lifetime.

SkyMul is a nascent robotics startup founded by Georgia Tech alumni, incubated at Comcast-NBC accelerator (The Farm), and supported by a highly competitive Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from National Science Foundation (NSF). SkyTy is recognized as the top 10 innovations at World of Concrete 2020 and 2020's top 50 new productivity boosters for construction.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and iteration of SkyTy robots
• Building software infrastructure for performing reliable rebar tying in challenging environments
• The role involves first principle thinking – from creating experiments, prototyping implementations and designing new architectures
• Build and demonstrate modular robots for cooperative payload transport
• Showcase technology in accredited forums and drive partnerships

Qualifications

• Passion for building robots and a good portfolio of robotics projects
• Proficient in designing and building controls system for aerial robots and/or legged robots
• Proficient in ROS or similar robot operating framework
• Proficient in C, C++, and scripting languages such as Python
• Experience with build automation and continuous integration tools
• Proficient in Gazebo or other physics and simulation
• Proficient in robotic planning
• Expert in formulating dynamics/kinematics equations, building simulations, and verification with real hardware
• Passion to get hands dirty to solve problems
• Ability to test robots in laboratory and challenging field environments
• Ability to play the long game and maintain composure with naysayers
• Ability to work in a high pressure startup environment and adapt to rapidly changing requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Worked on projects involving physical manipulation using single or cooperative robots.
• Designed and implemented planning and control methodology for aerial manipulation
• Experience leading research projects and teams
• Experience working with ROS2 environment
• Experience building computer vision and SLAM algorithms
• Experience with open source autopilot systems such as PX4, Ardupilot, etc.
• Experience working on NVIDIA Jetson/Xavier or other embedded systems
• Experience building mechanical, electrical, firmware, and high-level software for robots from scratch
• Ability to build, lead and grow a team for R&D

Benefits

• Be the core team building collaborative robots of the future
• Attractive equity incentive
• Ample opportunities for impact and growth
• Health Insurance
• Free lunch twice a week