Robotic Hardware Engineer

About the Company

Mirai is building the first AI‑driven autonomy platform for vessels under 100 ft, combining advanced robotics, sensor fusion, and onboard intelligence to make every boat autonomous, safer, and dramatically easier to operate.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to perception, planning and control modules using ROS2, Isaac ROS, PyTorch and NVIDIA simulation tools
• Design, implement and test reinforcement-learning models and autonomy behaviours in simulation and real platforms
• Lead the design, construction, and testing of UAS prototypes
• Integrate hardware components onto unmanned vehicles, including sensors, actuators, and control systems
• Integrate and validate multi-sensor stacks including LiDAR, radar, vision, GNSS, and IMU
• Assemble and bring-up hardware prototypes including compute units, power systems, and electronic components
• Conduct feasibility studies, simulations, and performance evaluations to optimize hardware designs
• Develop and execute test plans to validate hardware functionality and reliability
• Identify and troubleshoot hardware issues and implement effective solutions

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline
• EU passport or unrestricted right to work in Italy
• Availability to work primarily on-site in Puglia (Bari area)
• Hands-on skills with robotics hardware, sensor integration and embedded systems
• Knowledge of Python, C++, and ROS
• Experience with ROS2, PX4/ArduPilot or similar autopilot stacks
• Experience with rapid prototyping including 3D printing, mechanical assembly, and electronics bring-up
• Ability to diagnose integration problems
• Comfort with field testing and on-water prototyping

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with UAV/UAS integration or multi-sensor robotic systems
• Familiarity with Pixhawk, vehicle control systems or maritime autonomy
• Exposure to NVIDIA Jetson, Isaac Sim, RL or perception pipelines
• Knowledge of control theory or real-time robotics
• Experience operating drones, small vessels or unmanned systems