Robotics Engineer - Product

Join us on our mission to bring robots out of factories and into the hardest application domains in the world, including space.

Tackle complex and exciting robotics problems in a rapidly growing industry, with a team of world‑class professionals. We work smart, leveraging open source with the latest algorithms, research, and techniques.

We have a culture of customer obsession, freedom & responsibility, radical transparency, and candid feedback. We believe in taking the initiative to do it right and ensuring that the best idea wins.

At Pick Nik we want to see robots out in the world doing amazing things. For that to happen, our customers need to be successful. Understanding their needs and use cases drive our success.

We know our employees are intelligent - we seek to provide the freedom and responsibility to build great software and deliver for our customers.

Make software that helps robot companies scale and solve the economic challenges of tomorrow.

Provide each other with the feedback we need. Always delivered professionally with a focus on how we can grow the company and make each other more successful.

Work together to build software, deliver for our customers, and make a difference in the world.

Pick Nik is full of people whose main motivation has been tackling interesting problems - there's always new things to learn from other's backgrounds.

Do you want to be part of building the next generation of robots and see those robots out in the real world? If so, consider joining us at Pick Nik as a Robotics Engineer.

Pick Nik Robotics is the company behind Move It Pro, a software platform that combines AI and advanced motion planning to make robots work in the real world. We’re focused on pushing the boundaries of robotics— and showing what’s possible when robots are powered by great software. Pick Nik has taken our learnings from the past 10 years—working with Google, Amazon, Samsung, GM, BMW, Lockheed Martin, NASA, and many startups— and distilled that knowledge into Move It Pro.

Join us in helping companies deploy AI to robots fast and effectively, opening up new possibilities only limited by our customer’s imagination.

As a Robotics Engineer at Pick Nik, you will determine where state of the art sampling and MPC based planning will complement state of the art ML models for the next generation of commercial robotic applications. Move It Pro’s deterministic controllers enable users to mix and match the best combination of sampling, MPC, and end‑to‑end policy for the set of applications.

This role is focused on product development—creating software that will be used on robots around the world (and in outer space!). It requires both a strategic mindset to design singular solutions that fulfill multiple use cases and personally writing the code to make your innovative ideas come alive. Our development is driven by users in dozens of industries with robots spread across prototype, pilot, and production environments.

You love robotics and have a passion for creating the next generation of robot software leveraging ML

Are excited to be part of a team of robotics experts

Have the ability to provide thought leadership and influence your peers internally and externally

Desire to contribute to solving big problems

Want to be part of the solution in making robotics models easy to deploy at scale

Ability to collaborate with teams around the world

• MS in Robotics, Computer Science, a related robotics-focused field and/or equivalent industry experience
• Minimum 3 years of professional work experience
• Strong C++17 (or newer) experience and familiarity with at least one scripting language, preferably Python
• Experience with robot arm hardware integration, such as trajectory controller development and driver development for commercial hardware
• Be able to travel approximately every other month to customer sites & conferences. Less than 20% of the time
• Live in the Boulder/Denver area and have the ability to be in-office at least 3 days per week

• Experience with multiple robot description formats, such as URDF, MJCF, and USD
• Experience with  hardware interfaces for 500+ Hz drivers
• Previous projects involving ROS 2, Move It 2, Nav 2, Mujoco, or other robotic libraries
• Experience with full life‑cycle library and application development, Git version control, software testing, and continuous integration
• Understanding of cross‑platform, multi‑language package management tools such as Pixi

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401k Matching
• Paid time off
• Opportunity to share in the company’s success through equity

The minimum salary for this position is $120,000/year