Research Scientist - Robotics software

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You will be part of the Robotics team at ABB Corporate Research in Västerås Sweden. In our role as ABB Corporate Research, we ensure ABB's technology competitiveness now and in future.

In the Robotics team we focus on robot concepts / design, autonomous and intelligent robot, and robot applications in both industrial and service robot segments. Our research activities usually formulated as technology pre-study and technology development projects. We work closely with ABB's robotics business to ensure our research will bring unique value for ABB future business. At the same time, we have close collaboration with academic world to bridge the academic and industrial research. In this team, one of our historical highlights is the creation and development of the dual-arm YuMi robot concept and the mobile YuMi concept.

In this position you will be reporting to Robotics and Mechatronics Team Manager.

Your responsibilities

• You will be part of creating new technologies that is crucial for the factory-of-the-future in discrete manufacturing. More specifically, the focus will be mainly in software development for autonomous robots using computer vision and artificial intelligence.
• The candidate is expected to have in-depth knowledge and rich experience in implementing software into robotics systems, to explore autonomous robot manipulating scenarios under semi-structured environments.
• This requires good theoretical knowledge and experience in the fields of software engineering, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Good understanding in robot applications both in simulation and with real robots is considered a merit.
• You are expected to drive specific activities to successful conclusion while following a visionary continuity in your work. To succeed in this position, you should be capable of working both independently and in a team. You will be working in an international environment. It is therefore required that you have good communication skills in English.

Your background

• Have a MSc or PhD degree of education in the subjects of computer science or artificial intelligence.
• 2-5 years experience in developing software for artificial intelligence or machine learning is required.
• Demonstrated experience working in robotics, either in simulation or with physical robots.
• Demonstrated experience working on computer vision and reinforcement learning is an advantage.
• Knowledge in ROS 1 and ROS 2 is considered an advantage.
• Deep knowledge in Linux (Ubuntu) is considered an advantage.
• Knowledge of modern software development practices such as git/agile/continuous integration is considered an advantage.

More about us

Bring your very own sense of pride and purpose as you help us drive forward the Fourth Industrial Revolution – creating a sustainable future for our planet, and your career. Join ABB and harness the power of our diverse global network, as you collaborate with and learn from our world-class teams. Above all, challenge yourself every day. Let's write the future, together.

Recruiting Manager Liwei Qi, +46 730 21 23 09 will answer your questions about the position. Union representatives - Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers: Mikael Blomqvist, +46 768 06 00 11; Leaders: Lenny Larsson, +46 706 32 85 47; Union: Ing-Marie B Lindgren-Turpeinen, +46 703 30 75 40.

We look forward to receiving your application (PDF documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website http://www.abb.com.