Digitising construction

Construction technology has not seen any noticeable improvement in over a 100 years. Though architects today are able to design digitally with high precision, we still construct manually using the same techniques that were used over a century ago. This disconnect between digital design and the physical world has led to an economically and environmentally unsustainable construction process, furthermore producing buildings that are energy inefficient.

At Scaled Robotics our mission is to digitise construction. Through the introduction of teams of mobile robots to the construction site that work directly from the 3D model, we bridge the gap between digital design and the physical construction site. This cuts out costly errors and increases quality, transitioning to a leaner manufacturing process.

Backed by our lead investor and industry partner Peri, we are modernising 21st century construction.

Jobs

We are looking for passionate people to join our team, designing and testing robots for construction.

Senior Manipulation Scientist

Overview

Working as part of a team developing a base system capable of mobile manipulation under uncertainty. Getting your hands dirty building the first robots for construction, pushing the boundaries of the industry.

Responsibilities

  • Implement real time control software for 6.d.o.f arm.
  • Implement state estimation for robotic manipulators.
  • Implement position and force control algorithms for robotic manipulators.
  • Implement planning and control algorithms for closing perception action loops for compliant and stiff actuation.
  • Oversee onsite evaluation and testing.
  • Take initiative and lead the systematic evaluation of algorithms.

Qualifications

  • Masters/PhD in Robotics or Controls with experience in advanced control and planning techniques for high d.o.f systems ; alternatively comparable industry career.
  • 5+ years experience developing algorithms for compliant control, manipulation, state estimation and system identification.
  • Experience working with different physics engines ODE, Bullet, MuJoCo HAPTIX.
  • Experience working with different robotic manipulator hardware.
  • Experience in Object Oriented Programming in C++ and Python.
  • Experience with commonly used packages ROS, Gazebo, MoveIt!
  • Experience with version control (specifically GIT).
  • Experience developing in Linux.
  • Publications at top robotics conferences (RSS, ICRA, IROS, Humanoids).
  • Goal oriented self starter, analytical thinker, excellent team player, strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Bonus: Knowledge of development in Xenomai.
  • Bonus: Open source software development and deployment.

Robotics Engineer

Overview

Working as part of a team developing prototype hardware for mobile manipulation platforms that act on the construction site. Getting your hands dirty building the first robots for construction, pushing the boundaries of the industry.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop prototype hardware for mobile manipulation systems.
  • Collaborate with other engineers and researchers to prototype hardware and software solutions.
  • Develop test bench and implement unit test of mechatronic systems.
  • Oversee hardware integration and troubleshoot electrical and mechanical issues in hardware prototype.
  • Oversee onsite evaluation and testing.

Qualifications

  • Masters degree or equivalent experience in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics or systems engineering.
  • 3+ years experience working with mechatronic system design, implementation and testing.
  • Experience debugging, disassembling, modifying and installing electrical and mechanical systems on robots.
  • Experience in modern rapid-prototyping methods and their application suitability (3D printing/scanning).
  • Experience in common electrical and networking systems (CAN, LIN, Ethernet, etc).
  • Experience in mechanical system design include actuators and feedback sensors.
  • Experience in PCB design, layout and simulation tools.
  • Lab equipment experience with power supplies, oscilloscopes, function generators and multimeters.
  • Goal oriented self starter, analytical thinker, excellent team player, strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Basic Experience in Programming in C/C++ in Linux environments.
  • Bonus: Knowledge of ROS.
  • Bonus: Experience in automatic control of hydraulic or pneumatic systems.

Senior SLAM Scientist

Overview

Working as part of a team to implement 3D reconstruction and SLAM for mobile robots on the construction site. Getting your hands dirty building the first robots for construction, pushing the boundaries of the industry.

Responsibilities:

  • Implement 3D SLAM with data from actuated LIDARs and RGBD Cameras.
  • Develop real time 3D reconstruction techniques for mobile platforms.
  • Develop algorithms for sensor fusion.
  • Integrate 3D SLAM with larger robotics navigation and manipulation software.
  • Oversee onsite evaluation and testing.
  • Take initiative and push the systematic evaluation of algorithms.

Qualifications

  • Masters/PhD in Robotics or Computer Vision with experience in SLAM and 3D reconstruction; alternatively comparable industry career.
  • 5+ years experience developing algorithms for SLAM (SLAM, fast SLAM, graph SLAM), pose estimation, visual odometry, probabilistic filtering and sensor fusion.
  • Experience working with nonlinear optimization and optimizers for SLAM (CERES, g2o).
  • Knowledge in Machine Learning, Bayesian Filtering, Information Theory and 3D Geometry.
  • Experience working with wide variety of 3D sensors: Actuated LIDARs, RGBD Cameras, stereo cameras, and TOF cameras.
  • Experience in Object Oriented Programming in C++ and Python.
  • Experience with commonly used packages PCL, ROS, Gazebo, OpenCV.
  • Experience with version control (specifically GIT).
  • Experience developing in Linux.
  • Publications at top robotics conferences (RSS, ICRA, IROS) or 3D Vision and CV conferences (3DV, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV) in related areas.
  • Goal oriented self starter, analytical thinker, excellent team player, strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Bonus: Knowledge of GPU programming.
  • Bonus: Open source software development and deployment.

Contact

info@scaledrobotics.com