Sanctuary is seeking a Telerobotics Engineer to join our team. Have you ever dreamt of becoming one with a robot and or feeling fully immersed in operating one?

Here’s your chance! You’ll be responsible for developing, using, and testing the necessary (SW/HW/FW) subsystems and components which allow teleoperation of our humanoid robot. To be successful in this role, you should have excellent mechatronic skills, hands-on experience with complex systems, can-do attitude, and be willing to take on challenges where success is far from guaranteed. You will be part of a team in charge of developing, operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining the teleoperation aspects of our robot operations.

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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.

Benefits

Full time employees enjoy medical/dental/vision, life insurance, wellness programs, stock options, paid time off (vacation, paid holidays, sick time, and parental leave), scheduling and worksite flexibility by role, and more.

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.

Recruiting & Employment Agency Notice:

Recruitment and hiring is conducted internally by Sanctuary. We are not seeking or soliciting any new agency partnerships or agreements at this time . Any employment agency or professional recruiter (“Agency”) that provides an unsolicited resume(s) or otherwise presents a prospective job candidate through the Sanctuary career site or directly to any Sanctuary employee, irrevocably grants to Sanctuary the unrestricted right to engage, hire, or contract with that candidate at Sanctuary’s sole discretion without any compensation to the Agency. We appreciate your interest in working together, and should the need arise our Talent Acquisition team will contact any external firms directly.

Work with cross-functional engineering teams to develop new operations, processes, algorithms, and methodologies
Architect, implement, and test real-time software for teleoperation and telepresence
Setting up, piloting, and troubleshooting while on deployments (local or remote)
Participate and contribute in discussions about safety, risk analysis, feasibility, mitigation and implementation of analogous teleoperation and potential migration to higher control regimes for the robot
Take ownership of tasks which range from concept to actual hands-on implementation
Trying new, non-conventional methods for experimenting and scrutinizing existing methods used to ensure results and assumptions are valid
Communicate effectively to defend and discuss results, methods, algorithms, and plans
Keep your knowledge updated in the state of the art (not only the state of the praxis)
Solve telerobotics-specific research and engineering problems as they arise

The successful candidate will be a proponent of individual personal responsibility for themselves and their teammates: Sanctuary is an equal opportunity employer that does not favour one group (race, gender, etc) over another for any reason
Above all else, you have a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to complex problems
Taking on a global-scale challenge that could create fundamental change appeals to you
You have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) and enjoy working as a part of a multidisciplinary team
You have a track record of technical excellence and successful projects under minimal supervision
You are organized, learn quickly, attend to detail, and are excited by challenges
You are open to learning skills outside of your expertise
You have worked in R&D environments and you love it
Systematic and holistic approach to implementing improvements and/or troubleshooting issues

Fluency in C/C++, Bash Scripting, and Python
Masters or PhD in Robotics or Mechatronic Systems-related field (Computing Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering)
Knowledge of Teleoperation systems under time delay (extra points for force feedback, haptics, and telepresence)
Some experience with Model-based control, preferably with MATLAB/Simulink, and in particular with code generation
Solid knowledge and understanding of real-time systems for control and telemetry, in particular with mission critical and safety systems (with a human in the loop)
Familiarity with EtherCAT-based systems
Maker skill-set (ability and willingness to use different lab equipment and tools to produce things whenever required)
Experience with motion capture systems for VR/AR
Some experience desirable (not required) with ROS2 and DDS

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Telerobotics Engineer & Pilot

Sanctuary in Vancouver, BC