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In this role, you will develop algorithms for LiDAR localization and robust SLAM, implement planning strategies for robots, and write real-time software in C++ using ROS 2.
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Your role in the team
- Localization: Improve LiDAR localization and SLAM for robust robot pose estimation.
- Planning and control: Develop global and local planners for feasible trajectory generation and tracking.
- Behavior: Build behavior-tree navigation logic for replanning, recovery, and safety handling.
- Software: Write real-time-capable, multithreaded C++ and ROS 2 software for production robots.
- Testing and validation: Validate features through automated tests in simulation and hands-on testing on hardware.
- Debugging: Find root causes of field issues across the navigation stack.
Our expectations of you
Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
Qualifications
- Proficiency in C++ (C++17 or newer) and a solid understanding of object-oriented design.
- Localization and Lifelong SLAM (scan matching, particle filters, pose graph optimization).
- Path planning (graph search, lattice planners, trajectory optimization).
- Motion control (MPC, trajectory tracking, sampling-based local planners).
- Behavior and decision-making (behavior trees, state machines, recovery strategies).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Strong understanding of mobile robot kinematics, dynamics, control theory, and probabilistic state estimation.
Experience
- 3+ years of experience developing navigation software for wheeled mobile robots in real-world or industrial settings.
- Hands-on experience with ROS 2, ideally including Nav2 or a similar navigation framework, with TF, costmaps, and behavior trees.
- Proven experience in at least two of these areas:
- Experience with Linux development environments, Git-based collaborative workflows, and building and deploying with Docker.
- Experience with differential-drive and omnidirectional robot platforms.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines for robotics software with automated testing and performance benchmarking.
- Experience with profiling and tracing tools.
What we offer
- At idealworks, you’ll find an international work environment and become part of an experienced, open-minded team built on mutual trust.
- You will feel at home from the very first second!
- Experience a first-hand start-up feeling and flat hierarchies with varied and responsible tasks that you work on independently.
- Look forward to a hybrid working model with 30 days of vacation per year and various opportunities to balance your free time, family, and work.
- Für dein Engagement, uns dabei zu helfen, unsere Mission zu erfüllen, erhältst du nicht nur Anerkennung, sondern auch eine überdurchschnittliche Vergütung inklusive Bonusprogramm und jährlichem Budget für deine persönliche Weiterentwicklung.
- We offer exciting corporate benefits, an attractive company pension scheme and regular team events.
- Our modern office is easily accessible by public transport, bike and car and offers numerous catering options for relaxed lunch breaks with your team.
- Driven by our unique corporate culture, the five values “passion for results,” “wellbeing,” “personal growth,” “trust,” and “being and acting as one team” shape our daily actions and collaboration.
Benefits
Health, fitness & fun
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About your employer
IDEALworks GmbH, founded in 2020 in Munich as a subsidiary of the BMW Group, develops advanced solutions for automating logistics, production, and warehousing processes. The company focuses on connected automation solutions that combine robotics, software, and orchestration to enhance efficiency in industrial environments.
- Established Company
- Onsite, Hybrid
- Electronics, Automatization
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