Vetted Robotics Professionals

“Robotics software engineer who helped build a startup "robo-chef" system end-to-end, including pick-and-place simulation using ArUco-marked stations and smooth motion planning. Hands-on ROS 2 integrator across LiDAR/IMU/camera perception-to-navigation stacks (Nav2, SLAM Toolbox, ros2_control), with demonstrated ability to debug real-time timing drift and improve repeatable placement through calibration and motion blending. Uses Gazebo simulation plus Docker/CI pipelines to validate and deploy robotics software reliably.”

“Robotics software engineer who led an autonomous nursery management robot project at Auburn University, spanning RGB-D/IMU sensor fusion, SLAM navigation, and real-time ML for plant detection/quality assessment. Strong ROS1/ROS2 background (C++/Python) with deployment on NVIDIA Jetson, including profiling-driven optimization of YOLO segmentation for real-time behavior and multi-robot (UGV/UAV) communication using ROS2.”

“Cal Poly student with embedded + networking + robotics project experience, including an E4E summer research internship building an acoustic collar on an STM32 and collaborating weekly with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. Built a hobby ESP32-based Spotify “now playing” display and demonstrated strong cross-domain debugging by tracing failures to router behavior rather than code.”

“Robotics software lead at Icor who grew from intern to owning the end-to-end software lifecycle for a mobile manipulator platform deployed to 300+ customers globally. Deep hands-on ROS2/MoveIt2 and navigation-stack integration (URDF/TF, sensors, behavior engine) plus production infrastructure (CI/CD, OTA, field OS upgrades) and real-world performance tuning for motion planning in EOD multi-robot environments.”

“Senior engineering student leading a robotics capstone using a Jetson Nano + Yahboom DOFBOT to play whiteboard games (Tic-Tac-Toe, Hangman) via computer vision and ML. Owns the inverse kinematics and OpenCV pipeline, uses Gazebo/URDF for simulation, and is planning C++/multithreading/Pybind11 optimizations to meet real-time constraints on limited embedded hardware.”

“Robotics software engineer with hands-on ROS2 experience across manipulation, SLAM/localization, and sensor fusion. Recently built an end-to-end hybrid force-position control system for a Ufactory xArm7 with a 6-axis force/torque sensor to enable compliant, force-guided shaft insertion, including real-time Jacobian computation, TF pipeline, and MoveIt2 trajectory execution validated on hardware.”

“ROS2/Python robotics engineer who led a 4-person team building a simulated multi-robot warehouse system (SLAM + NAV2 + centralized task allocation) in Gazebo Ignition, including a distance/priority-based controller that reduced task completion time by ~30%. Also has hands-on real-time debugging/tuning experience for both mobile robots and a MyCobot 600 Pro manipulator, plus simulation work in CARLA using RL (TD3) and Social-LSTM for pedestrian behavior modeling.”

“Entry-level robotics software engineer/team lead with hands-on experience spanning multi-robot UAV simulation (Gazebo + PX4 SITL) and autonomous vehicle stack integration (ROS2 Humble + Autoware Universe). Has tackled real-time perception optimization (OpenCV + custom deep learning) and built robust cross-protocol communication interfaces to connect ROS2 systems with embedded ESP32 devices.”

“Deployment engineer at a robotics startup who owned end-to-end field deployments in greenhouse environments, including integrating humanoid robots (XArm 6), tuning perception stacks for real-world lighting shifts, and coordinating rapid fixes with hardware/software teams. Experienced debugging complex robotics integrations (LiDAR + NVIDIA Jetson + ROS2 + networking) and hardening solutions by automating configuration at boot, while also working directly with customers and training operators for ongoing support.”

“Research assistant at St. Louis University who built and deployed a production document-intelligence RAG system (Python/TensorFlow, vector DB, FastAPI) on AWS, focusing on grounding to reduce hallucinations and latency optimization via caching/async/batching. Also developed a personalized recommendation system for the Frenzy social platform and partnered closely with product/UX to define metrics and iterate on hybrid recommenders and cold-start handling.”

“Robotics simulation/localization engineer who built a lunar crater navigation stack in ROS/ROS2 and Gazebo, including custom localization/perception/planning packages. Demonstrated strong debugging skills by using tf2 frame analysis to fix camera-to-base_link alignment, cutting heading error from 75° to 0.48°, and handled large NASA lunar imagery (~4GB) by converting/downsampling data for Gazebo.”

“Robotics software engineer with ~4 years of ROS experience who implemented a real-time diffusion-policy control loop entirely in Gazebo, focusing on inference-latency reduction (warm-start + truncated denoising) for stable closed-loop execution. Has hands-on experience building custom ROS control nodes, optimizing AMR navigation (SLAM + RRT) with sensor-fusion for dynamic obstacles, and designing deterministic multi-robot coordination; also uses Dockerized ROS environments and automated simulation/benchmark pipelines.”

“Frontend engineer who led Indro Controller, a web interface for autonomous and teleoperated robots used over constrained 5G SIM networks. Rebuilt an outdated proof-of-concept into a modular React/TypeScript system with a component library, complex sensor dashboards (including Three.js 3D), and performance optimizations like backend compression and shared renderer/scene architecture.”

“Robotics/ML engineer who benchmarks and adapts open-source robot action models, building synthetic datasets in Isaac Sim and modifying vendor code to scale training across multiple GPUs. Also built a production-style computer vision pipeline at Zortag—training a tiny YOLO-based classifier for fake-vs-real label detection and deploying it in a real-time iOS app with additional display/spoof detection.”

“Robotics software engineer with 2+ years of ROS/ROS2 experience who built a mobile robot stack from scratch (Fusion 360 → URDF → ROS) and integrated teleop, SLAM, and navigation. Worked in an ASU lab applying deep learning for person tracking on a TurtleBot setup, and solved real deployment issues like Raspberry Pi video-stream latency via compression and on-board processing. Also reports experience with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins) and Kubernetes.”

“Robotics/ROS engineer who led development of ROS 2 nodes for supervising and making safety/mission decisions for autonomous fixed-wing UAVs using PX4 and Gazebo, including handling sensor/battery failures, wind, and obstacle conditions. Has hands-on experience debugging ROS2 multi-node communication (QoS, publish rates) and navigating sim-to-real deployment from SITL to real flight hardware.”

“Founding Robotics Research Engineer at Streamline Robotics building precision-agriculture automation: integrated FANUC + PLC harvesting with a Farm-ng Amiga (Jetson) platform using ROS2 Visual SLAM for GPS-free greenhouse navigation. Developed real-time YOLOv8 tomato detection/ripeness estimation for selective harvest and configured Cognex D900 3D inspection, plus redesigned FarmBot Genesis XL and built an automated imaging/labeling pipeline for growth tracking and adaptive watering.”

“Robotics software engineer with competition experience (eYantra agricultural automation) building a simulated drone workflow in Gazebo to detect strawberry boxes via YOLO, pick them with a custom gripper, and autonomously navigate/stack at a truck destination. Strong in ROS2/PX4/Nav2 integration, real-time control debugging (IMU filtering + PID tuning), and planner parameter optimization validated through RViz and log-driven testing.”