Robotics Engineer Mapping

We're hiring at Octobotics! You will be a member of our robotics team. As a Robotics Engineer Intern, you will be responsible for engineering solutions to automation problems alongside the product development team. You can expect to co-craft innovative automated solutions and interfaces with C++/python, test third-party embedded modules in real-world scenarios, and use these experiences to pioneer the company's pioneering robotics platforms. 

The candidate should have above-average Linux skills. With experience using ROS and a comprehensive grasp of robotics fundamentals, the candidate should be able to deliver efficient and reliable code. The candidate should be able to work with vision systems and hardware like motor and controller systems, sensors, microcontrollers, communication protocols such as Ethernet or Modbus.

The candidate must be comfortable working in a dynamic environment with prototypes arising mid-project, and the discovery of new areas requiring attention at any given time is required.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd: 

• A Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
• Understand Computer Fundamentals - Compilers, linkers, Cmake.
• Understand DSA - Topcoder, CodeChef, HackerRank.
• SLAM ( Graph SLAM, Lidar based Localization )
• Use Rviz & Gazebo.
• Use Git - Add, Commit, Push. 

About Us:

We are working on next-generation maritime and aerial robotics for the future. We are developing the first Marine & Aero Robotic Platform in the World with Modular Manipulators for Autonomous Inspection & NDT even on heavily corroded surfaces (Matured Technology)/Eddy Current/Other NDT Techniques. We are a close-knit group of dreamers and doers who are willing to take risks, think outside the box, and try to accomplish the seemingly impossible.

We are ready to push the boundaries and are looking for people who want to be a part of this exciting journey. We may not promise the moon, but we will try our best to provide a conductive, non-toxic environment within a flat organization where "Every Opinion Matters." 

Octobotics Tech raised its pre-Seed round from a Hong Kong-based investor and is now hiring our very first few members of the Octobotics Tech family.

Robotics trainer ---

* Hands on experience in technical content writing.

* Embedded C, microcontrollers like ARM, PIC, AVR.  

* Communication protocols like CAN, I2C, SPI.

* Basics of Robo control mechanism.

* ADC nad DAC interfacing with sensors.

* Good Communication skills.

Linux Expert :-  

• Linux Drivers integration such as camera, radar, lidar, IMU, GNSS, V2X etc. 

• C/C++ coding on Linux ubuntu environment 

• Drivers integration with upper software layers such as DDS protocol/ROS2 framework. 

• Working on autonomous related modules 

• Diagnostics and failsafe operation implementation 

• Debugging the issues. 

• Testing the developed modules. 

• Following software processes. 

• Status update on assigned activities. 

• Training documentation or user documentation preparation. 

Expected Deliverables 

• The integration activity of sensors such as camera, radar, lidar, V2X etc. 

• Source code and related explanation provided for any possible improvements and modifications 

in the system which is required for maintenance of the code. (team work) 

• Complete open source ASAM and ODD based tools integration. (team work) 

• Detailed specifications of interfaces and protocols for inter-operability of hardware and software 

modules on   provided (team work) 

• Integration of MIL/SIL and HIL System with infrastructure (team work) 

• Clear user guidelines document for software development 

• Software Maintenance and Updates generated 

• Weekly status reports. 

• Training material and Documentation preparation for developed activities. 

Qualifications Required 

Qualifications and skills for the expert 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer or electrical or software engineering or a related discipline; 

• Excellent command over English (reading, writing, speaking); 

• Good command

• Working experience in developing Linux applications. 

• C, C++ programming and Bash scripting. 

• Working experience with embedded Linux. 

• Knowledge on NVIDIA GPU processors and automotive ECU development 

• Developing Open Source software. 

• Knowledge/experience on python, computer vision, CUDA, PyTorch, image processing, ROS2, 

DDS, ADAPTIVE Autosar. 

• Developing software modules as assigned by expert in the area of autonomous and connected 

technology. 

General professional experience is required for the expert 

• Minimum 3 years of professional industrial experience in the area of robotics and autonomous car 

platform. 

Specific professional experience is required for the expert 

• Must be minimum 2 years’ experience software development experience pertaining to autonomous 

and connected car systems or ADAS applications. 

Job Title: Sr. Developer/ Developer – Robotics & AI Business Unit

Business Unit: Robotics & AI

Reporting To: Head – Robotics & AI Business Unit / Delivery Head - Robotics & AI Business Unit

Supervises: Junior developers

Skill Sets Required:

• Strong Expertise and experience with Automation Anywhere. With an overall experience of around 3 - 6 years, of which at least 2 years of proven experience in working on live automation projects using Automation Anywhere and /all UIPATH.
• Experience in A2019 version (mandatory) with knowledge of new tools like AARI will be preferred. Strong working knowledge of A2019 AARI, IQ BOT, Discovery BOT.
• Other RPA platforms experience like UiPath, Microsoft Power Automate, Softomotive, etc. will be an added preference. Working knowledge of UIPATH - Studio X, Ai-Fabric etc will be an added preference.
• Expertise and experience in using technologies like AI, NLP, OCR, Machine Learning/ML etc. which will be used for various aspects of business process automation, will be an added preference. Usage of Microsoft Azure AI / AWS Lex / Google AI. 
• Experience and Expertise in coding languages like Python, Java/.Net. Working knowledge on Python is desirable. 
• Working Knowledge of Restful API’s, Microservices and BOT Integration frameworks.  
• Experience and good understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (Requirements Gathering, Development, Testing and Change Management).
• Experience with Process Discovery, Design, Analysis and Implementation (knowledge about common methods and frameworks like ITIL, Six Sigma etc)
• Knowledge and usage of platforms & technologies like Django, SPACY, BERT, GIT, JIRA, Lucid, POSTGRE SQL etc

Job Purpose:

• To contribute to the Delivery unit of the RPA and AI business as a Senior Developer in accordance with the vision, mission, objective and goals of the RPA and AI Business Unit and the Organization.
• To be recognised as a high-performance team member of RPA and AI Business Unit.
• To excel in Project and Program Delivery for customers and create a comprehensive Project Delivery eco-system with the best practices and methodologies in line with RPA and AI.
• Develop, maintain and improve project delivery efficiency to optimize productivity & resource utilisation and maximize profitability through delivery excellence and customer delight.
• To assist the pre-sales and product/platform building plans of the RPA and AI business.
• To create in mind of customers and partners, a positive brand image of the Company.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Delivering RPA and AI projects as per scope, on time, within Budget with meeting all KPI’s and Objectives.
• Delivering Customer Projects: Oversee the design and implementation of RPA & AI solutions using the selected RPA & AI platform(s). This will involve managing a team of architects & coders. It will also need to be “hands-on” to some degree to ensure smooth delivery of the project and program.
• As part of Project Sprints, identification of process improvement and regular reviews to identify opportunities where automation can drive benefits and efficiencies for the business
• Working with the project teams and business/customer SMEs and IT teams, analyse existing business processes in detail in order to assess feasibility and to redesign those processes for an RPA/AI supported solution
• Reporting metrics and governance structures are put in place to measure the performance and outcome of the RPA/AI solutions being delivered to customers/internal
• Documenting Best Practices and Methodologies to enhance and improve the quality of delivery of RPA and AI projects, creating of re-usable delivery assets.
• Effective Communication with the customer and the relevant stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of the projects and programs.
• As a part of RPA/AI Delivery, there will be responsibilities for the ongoing support of Solutions and services provided and the quality of service and performance
• Monitor, support and control service delivery ensuring that the procedures put in place are effective and properly implemented
• Play a critical part in business expansion and growth of the business by “Delivery Driven sales” – change requests, identifying & building new use cases for RPA & AI implementation, etc.
• To assist in pre-sales aspects (customer use cases/business analysis, POCs, demos, ROI creation, proposals, SOWs, etc.), working with sales and pre-sales teams for customers and alliance partners presentations/discussions, conducting events like webinars, etc.
• To contribute to the product/platform & reusable assets building, planning-to-realisation lifecycle of Netlabs, in discussions with the senior leadership team
• To plan & realise competency building of the team of junior developers, based on the BU plans & priorities, in discussions with the senior leadership team
• Documenting project information and co-ordinate with account management and marketing teams to generate case studies
• Contributing thought-leadership articles and content for whitepapers, blogs, POVs

Team Responsibilities:

• Mentoring & retaining a high-performance team of junior developers
• Assigning team responsibilities/work allocations, maintaining job descriptions, monitoring competency building, tasks and quality
• Developing performance standards and communicating the Key Result Areas (KRAs)
• Managing performance by periodic reviews, appraisals and motivating people through rewards, incentives and recognition policies in line with company’s HR policies
• General administrative supervision of all team members

• Design & Development of the architecture for multi-robot planning.
• Design & development of task allocation algorithms
• Design & development of conflict resolution approaches.
• Design & develop queuing strategies for multi-robot deployments.
• Research & collaboration on approaches to improve task allocation based on historical data
• Design & development of communication architecture for inter-robot and robot-server communications.
  
  Requirements
• B.Tech, M. Tech or higher qualification in Computer Science Engineering, Information
• Technology or related fields
• Proficiency with C++/Python programming language
• Experience of working in the robotics field for 3-5 years
• Skilled at general software development, bug analysis, and fixing
• Knowledge of networking/communication concepts
• Strong knowledge of Robot Operating System (ROS)
• Good knowledge of system design
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Good project management skills
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Good interpersonal skill

This is a Contract Based role only

Not a "Fulltime opportunity"

Role Summary:

The Robotics Process Automation Senior Developer is responsible for designing and coding the automation process components. The RPA Senior developer develops the automation design to ensure it meets the specifications. The design must handle concurrency, scalability, restart and recovery, auditing & object reuse for all the automations that are designed and developed. The senor developer will also validate the automation by performing appropriate unit testing, and ensure configuration control is maintained at all times. The senior developer mentors junior developers and performs QC checks on code components developed by them.

DUTIES / ACCOUNTABILITIES

Responsibilities include, but may not be restricted to:

• Design technical specifications for RPA that meets the requirements and handled all the non functional requirements of concurrency, scalability, security requirements, restart and recovery.
• Develops and configures automation processes as per the technical design document to meet the defined requirements. Works on the coding the more complicated automations or reusable components, and delegates and mentors junior developers for the less complex components.
• Develops new processes/tasks/objects using core workflow principles that are efficient, well structured, maintainable and easy to understand.
• Complies with and helps to enforce design and coding standards, policies and procedures.
• Ensures documentation is well maintained.
• Ensures quality of coded components by performing thorough unit testing.
• Works collaboratively with test teams during the Product test and UAT phases to fix assigned bugs with quality.
• Reports status, issues and risks to tech leads on a regular basis
• Improves skills in automation products by completing automation certification.
• Mentors junior developers and performs code reviews for quality control.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

• Bachelor university degree in Engineering/Computer Science.

KEY SKILLS

•  5- 8 years of IT experience and having good understanding of programming concepts.  Should be from a programming background on any coding language (.Net, Java).
• Working experience in RPA for a minimum of 2 years and having project experience of a minimum 3 RPA implementations.
• Understands development methodology and lifecycle
• Should be trained on RPA tools (Blue Prism/Automation Anywhere).
• Self-motivated, team player, action and results oriented.
• Well organized, good communication and reporting skills.

Desirable:

• Prior experience in UI automation, Robotics process automation is an added advantage.
• Certification in Robotics