Robotics Software Engineer

Mercor is hiring a Robotics Software Engineer on behalf of a leading AI lab. In this role, you’ll develop perception, planning, and control stacks for autonomous systems. You’ll integrate computer vision (CV), SLAM, and reinforcement learning (RL) methods to deliver reliable, real-time performance on constrained hardware. This position is ideal for engineers who thrive at the intersection of robotics, AI, and systems engineering.

You’re a great fit if you:

• Have a background in robotics, computer science, or engineering.

• Are proficient in ROS, with hands-on experience in building robotics pipelines.

• Have strong coding skills in C++ and Python, with libraries like PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenCV, and NumPy.

• Understand robotics fundamentals: perception, motion planning, SLAM, and control theory.

• Are comfortable deploying real-time systems on constrained hardware using CUDA.

• Have experience with simulation environments such as Gymnasium for RL training.

• Care about bridging research and deployment, ensuring robustness in real-world scenarios.

Primary Goal of This Role

To design and implement perception, planning, and control systems for autonomous robots, integrating CV, SLAM, and RL to achieve reliable and efficient real-time performance.

What You’ll Do

• Build and optimize robotics software stacks for perception, planning, and control.

• Integrate CV, SLAM, and RL algorithms into real-world robotic systems.

• Develop scalable robotics pipelines using ROS, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and OpenCV.

• Benchmark and validate performance across simulated and real environments.

• Optimize models and algorithms for real-time execution on constrained hardware.

• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to bring robotics systems from prototype to production.

Why This Role Is Exciting

• You’ll design the next generation of autonomous robotics systems.

• You’ll apply cutting-edge AI and RL to real-world robotics challenges.

• You’ll work with a multidisciplinary team at the intersection of AI, vision, and control systems.

• You’ll directly impact how autonomous systems perform in mission-critical environments.

Pay & Work Structure

• Weekly Bonus of $500–$1000 USD per 5 tasks.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.