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Senior Agentic Planning Engineer

Northbrook, ILFull-time2026-10-28 → 2026-11-10

Core

Build the planner that reasons over goals, sequences robot primitives (move/actuate), and recovers from failures for automated wall panel manufacturing and on-site collaborative construction.

Role type

Senior IC agentic planning engineer (robotics)

Builds

Autonomous robot systems for construction (BRUTE, DEX)

Domain

Robotics + Construction

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Task-level planning (TAMP, HTN, behavior trees), Execution monitoring and fault recovery, Reasoning models/LLMs in decision loops, Python, C++, ROS2, Linux, Docker, CI/CD

Preferred skills

MS/PhD in Robotics/AI, Autonomous vehicle planning, LLM/VLM agents for robotics, Motion planning (MoveIt, OMPL), Multi-robot coordination, Functional safety, Planning from BIM/CAD

Technologies

ROS2, MoveIt, OMPL, Docker, Linux

Responsibilities

Define robot primitives and contracts, Build task graphs from BIM, Decide between reasoning models and classical control, Build execution monitors with recovery logic, Design multi-robot world models, Mentor autonomy engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership