Senior Robot Architect

About Willow Garage

Willow Garage intends to revolutionize robotic mobile manipulation and to jump start a broad scale industry in that area. We are working towards this goal through fostering robust open hardware and software platforms; doing research internally and in close cooperation with top research groups across the globe to systematically remove the key bottlenecks to robotic capability; and enabling or spinning off companies in different application areas. We are well funded and able to do this with staying power.

We have assembled a team of international leaders in a wide range of robot fields from machine perception, machine learning, planning, control, grasping, human-robotic interaction and on to mechanical and electrical engineering. We have a great work environment with large and fluid collaborations across areas of expertise. We're open, we publish, run workshops, attend conferences and collaborate widely with top researchers around the world. We have soccer games and free lunches, and company outings from ski trips to zero-g flights.

Primary Function

Willow Garage is looking for a senior robot architect to lead the design effort for a new generation of personal robot.  The successful candidate will have a portfolio of implemented robot designs, and will lead efforts in hardware innovation.  Help us advance the state of the art of personal robotics!

Roles and Responsibilities

* Help create a vision of future robots
* Work with software-development team to create fundamental new capabilities
* Lead hardware innovation and robot design efforts
* Incorporate user needs into designs
* Create prototypes that can be tested with users

Skills / Job Requirements

* Mechatronics or mechanical engineering experience
* Leadership experience
* Management experience
* Customer-need focused mentality

Nice to have's

* Research experience, or experience working with researchers
* Product design experience

Application Materials

* Cover letter
* Resume/CV
* Portfolio of implemented robot designs
* Three references and/or three letters of recommendation

 

 

To Apply

Send your Application Materials and links to any projects you'd like us to take a look at to jobs@willowgarage.com

Willow Garage is an equal opportunity employer