Applied Researcher, Motion Planning

3 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada Sanctuary AI Full time

**Applied Researcher, Motion Planning**

**Your New Role and Team**

Sanctuary is looking for exceptional Applied Researchers specialized in Motion Planning to help develop systems that support the development of the world's first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots.

**Our Success Criteria**
- Gain cutting edge career experience as you design, develop, document and deploy motion planning systems that support intelligent control systems for state-of-the-art general-purpose robots
- Expand your research experience as you implement tools that enable advancements in robotics motion planning and artificial intelligence
- Achieve company-wide visibility as you write, debug, maintain, and document code that will be part of our platform for the world's first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots

**Your Experience**

**Qualifications**:

- Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Controls, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
- Direct experience in motion planning and optimization
- Direct experience with motion planning in high DOF (>6) systems
- Experience working on complex engineering problems as part of a team

**Skills**:

- 5+ years development experience with Python and C++
- Familiarity with PyTorch and/or TensorFlow a plus
- Experience with Atlassian tools; Jira, GitLab, Confluence
- Experience with Motion Planning Libraries OMPL or MoveIt
- Familiarity with Path Planning Algorithms

**Traits**:

- Above all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to complex problems
- Eager to take on new challenges with tenacity and positivity
- Patience, persistence, and attention to detail when resolving performance issues
- Enthusiasm for bringing human-like intelligence to machines

**Working at Sanctuary**

Sanctuary is an equal opportunity employer; employment with Sanctuary is governed based on skills, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any way by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.

**Compensation**:
At Sanctuary AI, we provide above average total compensation that includes three components: salary, equity, earned bonuses, and benefits. Our goal is to ensure fairness in pay and we strive to make the overall package highly competitive with current market rates.

The base salary for this role is expected to be between $150,000 and $160,000 CAD per year.

**Equity**:
**Benefits - Canadian permanent employees are eligible for**:

- Medical Insurance
- Dental - 80% Basic/50% Major to combined $1,500 maximum
- Vision - full coverage for eye exam - $250 coverage for hardware - dependent every 12 months, adult every 24 months
- Hearing Aids - $750 per 60 months
- Life Insurance and AD&D - 1x Annual earnings
- Prescriptions - 100% coverage of dispensing fee, 80% coverage for drugs
- Paramedicals - $500 coverage, i.e., chiropractic, physiotherapy, etc. - per employee/family member
- Hospital - semi-private
- Travel - 100% Co-insurance
- $500 per calendar year Healthcare Spending Account
- State-of-the-art office space with comfortable employee work spaces and lounge, access to a building gym, free parking, and complimentary snacks and beverages

**About Sanctuary**

Founded in 2018 by Geordie Rose, Suzanne Gildert, Olivia Norton, and Ajay Agrawal, Sanctuary is a Vancouver, Canada-based company. Sanctuary is on a mission to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots that will help us work more safely, efficiently, and sustainably. And in the not-too-distant future, help us explore, settle, and prosper in outer space.

Members of the Sanctuary team founded D-Wave (a pioneer in the quantum computing industry), Kindred (first use of reinforcement learning in a production robot), and the Creative Destruction Lab (pioneered a revolutionary method for the commercialization of science for the betterment of humankind). The team has experience launching market-defining innovations rooted in previously unsolved and deep scientific problems.

**Salary**: $150,000.00-$160,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Stock options
- Vision care
- Wellness program
- Work from home

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Vancouver, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Doctoral Degree (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2023-08-29

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