TELEXISTENCE

RaaS provider automating retail and logistics

Robotics Software Engineer - Motion Planning

Robotics & Autonomous SystemsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

A master's degree or higher in a relevant field.
Expertise in C++ software development on Linux/Ubuntu.
Expertise in the ROS 2 framework and MoveIt Motion Planning, including creating a ROS environment from scratch with MoveIt to control a robot in Gazebo using a URDF.
Experience developing software to control robot manipulators, such as Universal Robots UR series.
Hands-on experience with motor control and proportional-integral-derivative (PID) algorithms.
Knowledge of robotics control theory, including kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, and control.
Business-level English proficiency.

Responsibilities

Develop real-time motion-control software for robot manipulators using inverse kinematics, collision avoidance, and active-compliance-control algorithms.
Develop custom robot-control software, including actuator-driver integration and ROS framework integration.
Integrate software components to prepare the robotic solution for enterprise-level production.

Desired Qualifications

Japanese language skills for communicating with internal and external stakeholders.
Experience developing force/torque-control software, such as compliance control.
Experience simulating robotic systems and their interactions with physics-based environments.

The Robotics Software Engineer position is ideal for a candidate who has advanced skills in control software development for robot manipulators with extensive mathematics and algorithm background. The main responsibility will be to develop robot control software for our self-developed robot (TX GHOST).

Responsibilities

Develop real-time motion control software to control robot manipulators using Inverse Kinematics, collision avoidance and active compliance control algorithms
Develop TX's custom-made robot control software, such as actuator driver integration and ROS framework integration
Integrate the entire software components to make the robotic solution ready for enterprise-level production

Requirements

Master's degree or above in a relevant field
Expert in C++ software development on Linux/Ubuntu platform
Expert in ROS2 framework and MoveIt Motion Planning. If we gave you URDF, you should be able to create a ROS environment with MoveIt to control the robot in the Gazebo environment from scratch
Experience in developing software to control robot manipulator (e.g., UR series of Universal Robots)
Hands-on experience with motor control and PID algorithms
Knowledge of robotics control theory (Kinematics, Dynamics, Motion Planning, and Control)
Passion to develop a product used in real operations (product mindset)
Good communication skills and proactive collaboration
Business level of English

Desired Skills

Japanese language skill to communicate with internal/external stakeholders
Experience in developing force/torque control software, such as compliance control
Creative in solving issues; data-driven debugging and iteration
Autonomous problem-solver: proactively identifies and breaks down issues, investigates logs/metrics, designs experiments, proposes options, and delivers fixes/features end-to-end with minimal oversight—while communicating progress and escalating when truly blocked
Experience simulating robotic systems and their interactions with physics-based environments

About the Company

TELEXISTENCE

RaaS provider automating retail and logistics

TELEXISTENCE designs and operates robots that blend AI with remote control under a robotics-as-a-service model to automate labor tasks in retail and logistics. Its TX SCARA robot restocks beverages by using an AI system called Gordon to detect low stock and perform replenishment, handling up to about 1,000 bottles or cans per day with onboard NVIDIA Jetson edge AI; if the AI isn’t reliable, a human operator can take control remotely via a telepresence/VR interface. The company stands out by combining AI, remote operation, and ongoing RaaS contracts, backed by large funding and partnerships to scale mass production and expand internationally, including collaborations like Astra with Seven-Eleven Japan. TELEXISTENCE’s goal is to reduce labor shortages and boost efficiency by deploying versatile robots at scale across retail and logistics.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Series B
Total funding: $197.5M
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Founded: 2017

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