Senior II/ Staff Robotics Platform Evaluation Engineer

The role

You will lead a team of 2 to 3 engineers to test and benchmark alternative robotics platforms. You will define evaluation methodologies, build test roadmaps, and perform hands-on hardware setup and test execution.

What you will do

• Manage and mentor 2 to 3 Robotics Platform Evaluation Engineers
• Set the evaluation roadmap and prioritize platforms and capabilities
• Define and maintain the team's evaluation methodology and shared tooling
• Communicate findings, tradeoffs, and recommendations to stakeholders
• Commission new robotics platforms from unboxing through integration
• Run test suites spanning navigation, manipulation, pick-and-place, perception, and controls
• Integrate platforms with ROS2 and Nav2
• Validate arm reachability and AMR maneuverability in Isaac Sim

Required qualifications

• Professional experience deploying robotics platforms in production, commercial, or applied R&D settings
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers on a hands-on hardware or robotics team
• Hands-on ROS2 and Nav2 experience in real deployments
• Experience with manipulation and pick-and-place, including motion planning and grasp execution, plus controls for arms or mobile bases
• Direct experience with AMRs/AGVs, 6 to 7 DoF arms, grippers, and camera or lidar perception pipelines including calibration
• Experience with NVIDIA Isaac Sim, or an equivalent simulation platform, for reachability or navigation validation
• Track record building a process, framework, or standard from scratch

Nice to have

• Evaluated or compared multiple robotics platforms or vendors head to head
• Experience with mobile manipulators, meaning an arm mounted on a mobile base
• Built internal tooling or frameworks for standardized robot testing
• Background in industrial, warehouse, logistics, or manufacturing automation

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• Flexible time off with generous company wide holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Educational assistance program
• Commuter benefits, including bike share memberships for office based employees
• Company subsidized lunch program

About the company

Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. The company combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science.