Robotics Software Engineer - Motion Planning (Robotics)

Location: Tokyo, Japan; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global develops self-developed robotic solutions for retail operations, including the TX GHOST robot.

What you will do

• Develop real-time motion control software for robot manipulators using inverse kinematics, collision avoidance, and active compliance control.
• Build custom robot control software, including actuator driver and ROS framework integrations.
• Integrate software components into robotic solutions ready for enterprise-level production.
• Develop and test robot control environments with ROS2, MoveIt, URDF, and Gazebo.
• Investigate issues through logs, metrics, and experiments, and deliver fixes and features end-to-end.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or above in a relevant field.
• Expert-level C++ development on Linux/Ubuntu.
• Expertise in ROS2 and MoveIt Motion Planning, including creating a ROS environment from a URDF and controlling a robot in Gazebo.
• Experience developing software for robot manipulators, plus hands-on experience with motor control and PID algorithms.
• Knowledge of robotics control theory, including kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, and control.
• Business-level English and strong communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Japanese language skills for communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience with force/torque and compliance control software.
• Experience simulating robotic systems and their interactions in physics-based environments.
• Data-driven debugging, experimentation, and autonomous problem-solving.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employee position in a hybrid workplace.
• Product mindset focused on developing robotics software for real operations.
• Proactive collaboration and autonomous ownership of technical issues and solutions.