Senior Robotics Software Engineer | Manipulation
Company: Gecko Robotics
Location: Boston, MA (Remote)
Salary: $136,000 - $160,000 a year
Type: Full-time
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-04-30
About this role
# What We Do
Gecko Robotics is helping the world’s most important organizations ensure the availability, reliability, and sustainability of critical infrastructure. Gecko's complete and connected solutions combine wall-climbing robots, industry-leading sensors, and an AI-powered data platform to provide customers with a unique window into the current and future health of their physical assets. This enables real-time decision making to increase the efficiency and safety of operations, promote mission readiness, and protect the environment and civilization from the effects of infrastructure failure.
## Role at a Glance
Gecko Robotics is building production-grade robotic manipulation systems that embed intelligent inspection directly into active manufacturing environments. In this role, you will architect and develop ROS2-based control, perception, and motion planning systems for 6-axis articulated manipulators operating in real-world industrial settings. These robotic systems integrate a wide range of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) methods and sensing and optimize inspection throughput, improve product quality, and enable better downstream manufacturing decisions.
Given the work you'll be doing on some of our impactful government projects, you must also be eligible for a US clearance.
## What you will do
- Architect and evolve Gecko’s ROS2-based control framework and planning systems for articulated manipulators
- Develop perception-driven motion planning using visual and other sensor inputs
- Design closed-loop inspect analyze rework workflows
- Optimize robotic inspection throughput within active manufacturing lines
- Own system-level integration between robot control stack, industrial hardware and Gecko’s inspection software
- Support system deployment and validation in production environments
Technologies We Use
Our robotic systems are currently built on a ROS2 framework and integrate motion planning from MoveIt for brand agnostic control of...