Robotics Software Engineer

Ascendion is a full service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.

Onsite/Redmond, WA

The role will consist of integrating simulation environments and benchmarking robotics models (~30-40%), training and evaluating models (~20%), and resolving technical issues such as debugging, patching, and supporting customer tickets (~50%).

The AI Engineer
- Robotics is responsible for creating, deploying, and maintaining AI and machine learning models in support of Embodied AI and Robotics research.

A candidate familiar with training robotic models such as vision‑language‑action models, diffusion models, and reinforcement learning policies and with either simulation environments or robotic hardware for system integration.

• Fine‑tune and improve a variety of sophisticated software implementation projects
• Architect, design, and implement our test automation infrastructure
• Develop training and evaluation pipelines using Azure Machine Learning
• Analyze and refine training datasets for robotic and AI applications
• Develop tools to provide fast deployment of novel algorithms in simulation and on hardware
• Integrate robotic control and perception stacks with simulation frameworks

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering, or a related field required
• 2-4 years’ experience required
• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Experience with using simulation environments or robotic hardware
• Experience performing in-depth troubleshooting and unit testing with both new and legacy production systems
• Experience in programming and experience with problem diagnosis and resolution
• Background in machine learning frameworks such as Tensor Flow or Py Torch

• Minimum 2 years' experience with Python
• Minimum 2 years' experience with Py Torch
• Minimum 2 years' experience with ROS2

$83,000 - $86,000 annually. Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, long‑term disability insurance, short‑term disability insurance, 5 personal days accrued each calendar year, paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertain to the City/State, 10-15 days of paid vacation time, 6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year.