Background to Hire:
KION GROUP, The Second Largest organization in the World in Industrial Truck manufacturing and the largest organization in the World on Intra-logistic automation, intends to service its customer through comprehensive and customized integrated system approach rather than providing products and services for its clientele in Industrial landscape. It aims to become a major technology solution provider to its customers and defining “warehouse of the future”.
We are looking for a skilled and motivated Advanced Mid-Level Robotics Engineer with 4+ years of experience to join our robotics autonomy team. You’ll play a key role in developing core autonomy components - including navigation, perception, localization, and robot behavior - for intelligent robotic platforms such as autonomous trucks and mobile robots. This role is ideal for an engineer with proven experience building and deploying robotics systems using ROS2, strong skills in C++, and a solid understanding of real-world autonomy challenges. You will contribute to system design, own critical subsystems, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to bring robotic platforms to life.
Job Description / Role:
· Develop, improve, and maintain ROS2-based modules for localization, navigation, and behavior execution.
· Develop real-time capable C++ ROS2 nodes for localization (e.g., EKF, SLAM), obstacle detection, and motion planning.
· Integrate sensors (LiDAR, cameras, IMU, GPS) for perception and localization pipelines.
· Work with the Navigation2 (Nav2) stack for path planning, costmaps, and control.
· Tune and extend ROS2 packages for specific robotic platforms and use cases.
· Perform system testing in simulation and real-world environments, collecting data and debugging runtime performance.
· Collaborate with hardware, software, and testing teams to ensure system-level integration and stability.
· Participate in code reviews, documentation, and continuous improvement of the autonomy software stack.
Required Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
· 4+ years of professional experience in robotics software development.
· Proficient in modern C++ (C++17/20 or newer), with strong debugging and optimization skills.
· Strong hands-on experience with ROS2, including Nav2, tf2, rclcpp, and colcon-based build systems.
· Solid understanding of robotic localization, mapping (SLAM), and motion planning.
· Experience working with Linux development environments and real-time robotic systems.
· Ability to analyze sensor data and improve system performance through field testing and tuning.
Preferred Qualification:
· Experience with real-world deployments of autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs, AMRs, or robotic trucks).
· Familiarity with behavior trees (e.g., BT.CPP) for robot behavior orchestration.
· Exposure to embedded or edge computing platforms.
· Python scripting for data analysis, prototyping, or ROS2 tooling.
· Contributions to open-source robotics packages or ROS2 community projects.
· Strong mathematical knowledge. i.e., optimization, polynomial.