Engineering Lead - Robotics

Tokyo
No Remote
Full-time
March 19, 2021

Job Description

Our Tokyo Engineering team is changing gears to meet the growing needs of our customers - from a handful of robots to hundreds of robots; from a small team to multiple squads. The team works closely with some of the premier enterprise customers in Japan to build state-of-the-art robotics solutions by leveraging rapyuta.io, our cloud robotics platform, and the surrounding ecosystem.

The team led by you will work closely with our customers’ engineering teams and enable them to develop next-generation solutions around rapyuta.io, our Cloud Robotics platform. As an Engineering Lead you will manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy, and help develop your team.

You responsibilities

Build and lead a team of 6-10 people
Work with the Business Development team to understanding customer needs and translate them to engineering requirements
Lead the solution architecture in collaboration with our Staff and other senior engineers
Ensure the quality and timeliness of your deliverables - software and documentation
Develop an in depth understanding of our products and technologies including their values propositions and business models
Work with Product Managers and other Engineering Leads to identify and develop new product features to meet customer needs

Requirements

Minimum qualifications

A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Robotics, or a similar field of study
At least 6 years of hands on software development experience
Expert proficiency in C++ 11 or above
Experience in leading a team of engineers for at least 2 years
Strong fundamentals and the drive to learn the intricacies of robotics domain
Openness to collaborate with the customer's engineering point of contact and the ability to empathize with their needs
A good command in English and Japanese

Preferred qualifications

Comprehensive knowledge in one or more of the following topics such as Robot Navigation, Motion planning, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, etc.
Experience in designing and implementing production-grade multi-robot systems or other distributed systems
Experience with cloud computing, web technologies and protocols - HTTP, WebSockets, etc), database technologies - RDBMS and NoSQL
Exposure to DevOps, TDD, and CI/CD practices
Participant in robotic competitions, e.g. RoboCup, DARPA Grand Challenge, and/or contributions to open source projects

Benefits

Competitive salary
Stock options
Working with exceptionally talented and diverse team
Bleeding edge technology
Visa and relocation support

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About Rapyuta Robotics

Rapyuta Robotics is a global technology startup that builds cloud robotics solutions. Their goal is to empower lives through connected machines so humans can focus on intellectually challenging and creative work. They have around 110 employees across their offices in Japan and India.

While improvements in technology are helping to make robotics more accessible to markets, the ability to integrate all the required expertise remains a barrier for most companies. Rapyuta Robotics is building a platform to make robots more attainable and useful to anyone.

Their platform makes it easy for businesses to deploy robotics solutions without needing in-house robotics expertise. By integrating robot hardware, software, sensor data, and applications in the cloud — where powerful data centers manage the heavy computation — Rapyuta’s platform lets end-users focus on their business processes instead of on managing robot hardware or software infrastructure.

Empowering Lives with Connected Machines.
Rapyuta Robotics strongly believes that the dirty, dull, and dangerous work should be automated and people should be given an option to take up more intellectually challenging and creative work. They aim to enable this automation with machines that are connected and coordinated.

They hope that robotics will not exclude people, but work for them as a familiar partner, creating new ways of working and new revenue opportunities.