About the Role
The company builds robots that work in real-world environments, with deployments in Abu Dhabi. Our robots are currently operational in clinics and outdoor settings, mastering movement through their environment. The next challenge is equipping these robots to perform tasks using their hands effectively.
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Each robot comes with dexterous, multi-finger hands and features such as cameras and touch sensors in the wrists to assist with grasping. We are seeking an expert who will be responsible for making these hands practically useful—enabling the robots to pick up, handle objects, and respond effectively when challenges arise. If you have experience shipping real hardware, this is a unique opportunity to take ownership from day one at a dynamic 77-person company.
What We’re Looking For
We need someone who has successfully transitioned dexterous manipulation from simulation to tangible robot applications. Closing the gap between grasping in simulation and real-life operations requires extensive hands-on experience. We prioritize depth of expertise in one challenging area rather than a broad but shallow skill set because we aspire to advance from impressive demonstrations to capabilities that attract new customers.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be responsible for building the complete manipulation pipeline that integrates with our existing dexterous hands:
- Develop grasp planning and selection strategies.
- Execute arm and hand trajectories.
- Implement failure detection and recovery mechanisms using force and tactile feedback.
- Connect your developments to the hand drivers and motion control stack to ensure reliability in deployed robots operating in real conditions.
What Makes This Role Different
- You're the manipulation specialist. Your expertise will define how we approach grasping and manipulation, making your decisions impactful and lasting.
- Real hardware, real conditions. Test your work on actual robots located in the same facility and monitor their performance in the field.
- Flat structure. Work directly with decision-makers, allowing innovative ideas to be implemented rapidly.
- Hands are provided. Focus on enhancing intelligence atop existing dexterous hands instead of designing hardware from the ground up.
Skills We Need
- 5+ years of experience in robot manipulation on real hardware with deployments in real environments.
- Proven background in creating end-to-end manipulation pipelines for dexterous / multi-finger hands, including perception, grasp selection, execution, and failure recovery.
- Proficiency in 6D object pose estimation and grasp planning.
- Strong skills in inverse kinematics and arm/hand trajectory planning (e.g., MoveIt 2).
- Effective integration with hand drivers and motion control APIs, including those involving force and tactile feedback.
- Proficiency in ROS 2, C++, and Python.
Nice to Have
- Experience with learning from demonstration and teleoperation data (imitation learning, VLA policies).
- Familiarity with simulation tools for manipulation (Isaac Sim, MuJoCo).
- Background in humanoid or mobile manipulation.
What We're Not Looking For
- Candidates with experience confined to simulation or simulator training.
- Individuals who have solely worked with simple grippers, without experience on multi-finger hands.
- Those interested in designing robotic hands from scratch rather than enhancing existing systems.
- Applicants looking to manage rather than engage in hands-on development.
- Candidates seeking remote work or a fixed-hours setup; we operate in-person by choice and engage closely with the robots.
