Robotics Engineer

Brisbane, QLD
Flight Autonomy /
Full-time /
On-site
Our Mission to be Bold and Impactful

How you contribute
We have an opening for a roboticist within the Robotics Group. You will be responsible for designing and implementing advanced, production grade autonomy capabilities for our Hovermap product. While you’re doing this, you’ll be getting great exposure to multiple areas in the field of robotics and engaging in your passion to make real robots do real things.

Here's what we need

    • Depending on your area of expertise, research and implement algorithms for path planning, perception, state estimation, guidance and navigation, for deployment on unmanned ground and aerial vehicles operating in GPS denied environments.
    • Participate in field testing activities.
    • Contribute to software development across our autonomy stack.
    • Contribute to the development of automated testing frameworks.
    • Contribute to ideation, design and implementation of new features, and maintenance of existing functionality.
    • Effectively collaborate and engage with team members as well as stakeholders across the technology group.
    • Deliver high quality, well tested, and well documented code.

How you'll succeed

    • Masters/PhD in Robotics or similar, or 3+ years of equivalent industry experience.
    • Demonstrated experience designing and implementing autonomy algorithms.
    • 2+ years of software engineering experience with modern practices using C++11 onwards.
    • Familiarity with ROS  1, 2,  or other middleware frameworks.
    • Excellent communication skills, and a high level of self motivation.
    • Desirable Experience/ Skills
    • Python development experience.
    • Experience developing on embedded Linux platforms.
    • Experience working with physical robotic platforms, in particular drones with PX4, Ardupilot or DJI autopilots, or major commercial UGV platforms.

The added perks

    • Get a competitive remuneration package + superannuation.
    • Work alongside a friendly and passionate team on cutting edge technology! - We know that our success and growth is a result of our motivated and inspiring teams.
    • Take up our genuine learning and development opportunities.
    • Settle into our great work environment and facilities.
    • Work in comfort with a casual dress code.
    • 1 full day of leave, each year for work anniversaries!
Who are we?
Emesent is a world-leader in drone autonomy, LiDAR mapping, and data analytics. Our vision is to autonomously map the inaccessible. Founded in 2018, with deep connections to Australia's globally recognised CSIRO, we have established ourselves worldwide with a reputation for delivering high-quality data capture in the mining, infrastructure, survey, and mapping industries. Our team of 100+ roboticists, engineers, and business development experts work side-by-side to deliver revolutionary efficiency, safety, and operational insights to our customers.

Our flagship product, Hovermap, is a smart mobile scanning unit that combines advanced collision avoidance and autonomous flight technologies to map hazardous and GPS-denied environments. Its award-winning technology utilises innovative hardware, advanced algorithms, and machine learning to automate collection and analysis of the physical world. Equally capable above ground or underground, indoors, or out, Hovermap is a complete mobile LiDAR mapping solution. Hovermap is uniquely versatile, it can be backpack, drone, or vehicle-mounted to map challenging, inaccessible areas enabling our customers to gain insights that were not possible before.

With multiple applications across several industries and a rapidly growing customer base, Hovermap and our other solutions are being used commercially for a variety of applications by enterprise customers around the world.

Why Emesent?
At Emesent, you will have the opportunity to work on ground-breaking technology that is shaping the future. We offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, and opportunities for professional growth. Join us in our mission to push the boundaries of robotics and digitisation to help humanity explore further and understand more.