Description
Hybrid
This is a Hybrid position within our IT Organization. The role will allow employees to work offsite but will also require onsite work based on business needs. The selected candidate will be expected to commute to the innovation center to which they are assigned as their primary GM facility. This position requires an employee to be onsite 1-3 times per week. Relocation may be provided.
We are looking for a Senior Robotics Engineers who are innovative, creative, problem solvers who get things done!
To achieve our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion, we are building a team of people who are passionate about creating safer, better, and more sustainable solutions. This bold vision won't happen overnight, but just as we transformed how the transportation in the last century, we are committed to transforming how we move today and in the future.
Vision as a Service (VaaS) is an organization within GM IT, building innovative solutions supporting global manufacturing, leveraging current and emerging technologies. One of our initiatives is to protect workers from repetitive, mundane, and dangerous tasks.
Are you a robot engineer with passion for designing prototypes, building and testing robot cells, who envisions using your ideas, electrical/mechanical knowledge to build advanced technological real-time software applications?
If you want a place that challenges you to bring your curiosity, enthusiasm, desire to learn, grow, and succeed every day, to build automotive solutions that are the benchmark for other automotive companies and suppliers, then this is the place for you.
We are looking for a Senior Robotics Engineers who:

• Have a steadfast drive for excellence
• Challenge themselves and their peers
• Enjoy working collaboratively in a cross-functional teams
• Demonstrate a good work ethic
• Have a strong ability and willingness to learn
• Excel in robot engineering
• Understand physics, mechanical, electrical and math (linear algebra) concepts, and can apply them to real applications
• Desire to deliver innovative solutions to complex problems

The Senior Robotics Engineer is responsible for supporting and reinforcing the adoption of Robotics Software Engineering across the MFG IT organization with the goal of establishing significant improvements in the Manufacturing space relative to manufacturing productivity/efficiency.
The Senior Robotics Engineer will drive the identification, evaluation, and adoption of rapid iterative and incremental robotics software solutions together with our Manufacturing Engineering business partners. The ideal candidate can embrace, execute and apply Transformative Robotic Technologies, Simulation, ML/DL, Computer Vision and the delivery of turn-key solutions.
Specific areas of responsibilities include:

• Definition and adoption of GM MFG IT Robotics capabilities
• Identify opportunities to update and/or streamline the current GM Robotics Engineering processes together with Manufacturing Engineering SMEs
• Track emerging technologies in the industry, and provide technology recommendations, risk assessments, trade studies, and analyses
• Human-robot interaction
• Define and develop ML/DL solutions in real-world environments
• Computer Vision solutions in real-world environments
• Advanced Motion Planning
• Ability to digest, design and deploy solutions based on research artifacts
• Anomaly detection
• Simulation
• Data Visualization
• Designing solutions at scale (minimize operational overhead)
• End to end understanding of systems and interfaces, so solutions can be built to fit within constraints

Additional Description
Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science and/or Mechanical Engineering
• 4+ years of hands-on industry robotics experience
• Knowledge and experience with linear algebra, computer vision, and overall software development process as part of a team
• Experience with Fanuc robots and programming in Karel
• Experience working with a variety of vision sensors (such as Photoneo), and especially depth-capable sensors and the associated point cloud outputs
• Experience with ROS (Robot Operating System) and MoveIt
• Design experience with SolidWorks for modeling mounts for robot sensors
• Experience with robot safety systems
• Development experience with edge computing devices, such as Jetson Nano
• Development experience in C, C++, Java, Python, and OpenGL
• Proven experience in cloud technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, and High-Performance Compute (HPC) clusters
• Experience with Linux, bash scripts, SSH, X11 forwarding, and running remote interpreters
• Experience with ML/DL, Computer Vision, Data Mining, Visualization and Simulation
• Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Keras
• Experience with Pandas, PySpark, and Big Data

Preferred Skills

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to think outside the box
• Very strong background in math

COMPENSATION
The median level of salary compensation for this role is $86,460 - $113,760
BONUS POTENTIAL
An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
BENEFITS
GM offers a variety of health and well-being benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
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Diversity Information
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statements
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