Robotics Software Engineer Grasping
Intrinsic is Google’s AI robotics group, providing an AI-enabled software platform for building, deploying, and operating industrial robotic automation solutions.
About Intrinsic
Founded by Alphabet in 2021 and joined into Google in February 2026, Intrinsic develops software and AI for industrial robotics. Its offerings include the Flowstate development environment, Intrinsic Intelligence capabilities, the Intrinsic Vision Model, IntrinsicOS infrastructure, and the open-source Intrinsic Core runtime and SDK.
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About the Role
You will develop and maintain production-ready algorithms for robotic grasping. You will apply robotics advances to industrial problems, turn partner requirements into scalable technical solutions, improve the robotics software framework, and test and deploy solutions on physical robot hardware.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field
- 2+ years of professional robotics experience
- Exceptional C++ and Python programming skills
- Strong knowledge of linear algebra, spatial transformations, kinematics, and rigid-body dynamics
- Experience testing, deploying, and iterating on physical robot hardware
- Experience with motion planning, controls, grasping, or manipulation
- Experience developing across the robotics stack, including kinematics, motion generation, system integration, and testing
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain production-ready robotic grasping algorithms
- Apply robotics advances to real-world industrial problems
- Transform partner requirements into reliable and scalable technical outcomes
- Improve the robotics software framework and code quality