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Salary: USD 93,600 - 158,400 / annual
Lila Sciences is building a dedicated platform evaluation function within its robotics organization. The team tests and benchmarks alternative robotics platforms—including mobile manipulators, AMRs, AGVs, and other form factors—against current production baselines using consistent methodology to ensure results are directly comparable.
As a Robotics Platform Evaluation Engineer, you own robots end to end. You will unbox and commission new hardware, integrate it with Lila's software stack and infrastructure, execute the full test program, and turn results into decision-ready comparisons that inform platform adoption decisions. This is a hands-on, systems-level role requiring direct lab work with hardware rather than spec-sheet review.
Key responsibilities include:
- Commission new robotics platforms from unboxing through integration with the software stack
- Own end-to-end evaluation of assigned platforms, from test plan to benchmark report
- Run test suites spanning navigation, manipulation, perception, and controls
- Integrate platforms with ROS2 and Nav2, adapting drivers, configurations, and interfaces
- Characterize manipulator, gripper, and AMR/AGV performance against comparable baselines
- Extend the shared evaluation framework and tooling for future platform assessments
- Flag integration issues, safety concerns, and platform limitations early and clearly
You will also shape the evaluation methodology and tooling, ensuring each platform assessment runs faster and more consistently than the last.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Professional experience deploying robotics platforms in production, commercial, or applied R&D settings
- Hands-on ROS2 and Nav2 experience in real deployments (not simulation alone)
- Experience with manipulation and pick-and-place, including motion planning and grasp execution
- Experience with controls for robot arms or mobile bases
- Experience integrating and calibrating camera or lidar perception pipelines
- Direct experience with AMRs/AGVs or 6–7 DoF arms, including grippers and end effectors
- Track record turning test results into clear, decision-ready comparisons
BONUS QUALIFICATIONS:
- Evaluated or compared multiple robotics platforms or vendors head to head
- Experience with mobile manipulators (arm mounted on mobile base)
- Experience with robotics simulation tools (Isaac Sim, Gazebo, or similar)
- Built internal tooling or frameworks for standardized robot testing
- Background in industrial, warehouse, logistics, or manufacturing automation
