Senior Robotics Applications Engineer

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Location: Singapore CNC

Organization: AGS CSG SBU -Service Technologies Lab

About

Applied Materials is establishing the Service Technologies Lab in Singaporean innovation space focused on the future of automated servicing robotics and cobotenabled service solutions.

The Senior Robotics Applications Engineer is an experienced technical contributor responsible for developing integrating and deploying advanced robotic and cobot applications. This role operates at the intersection of robotics software hardware integration and systems engineering with a strong emphasis on translating prototypes into robust repeatable and maintainable robotic systems.

The position requires a hands-on engineer who can work independently in ambiguous environments make sound technical judgments and apply appropriate engineering rigor while maintaining execution velocity.

Key Responsibilities

Robotics Application Development

• Design develop and validate robotic and cobot applications using industrial robots collaborative robots and automation platforms.
• Develop application software using robotics frameworks and/or vendor provided SDKs.
• Integrate motion execution sensing IO and peripheral devices to deliver working robotic applications.
• Debug and resolve complex cross-disciplinary problems spanning robotics software hardware integration and system behavior.
• Systems Integration & Architecture
• Own the end-to-end technical integration of robotic systems platforms including definition of interfaces between software hardware and external systems.
• Apply system level thinking and robotics fundamentals (e.g. kinematics reference frames calibration safety constraints) to guide architecture and implementation decisions.
• Evaluate and integrate off-the-shelf components such as grippers sensors and perception systems.
• Ensure robotic systems are observable diagnosable and maintainable.
• Engineering Discipline & Quality
• Develop and maintain excellent technical documentation including system architecture interfaces and design rationale.
• Follow best practices for source control testing CI/CD and configuration management appropriate for robotics systems.
• Balance rapid prototyping with long-term maintainability and scalability.
• Apply appropriate robot safety risk assessment and collaborative operation constraints during development and deployment.
• Collaboration & Technical Leadership
• Work closely with Technicians Engineers Product Field Services and other cross functional partners to execute hands-on development and integration activities.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship as needed.
• Interface with internal teams and external suppliers to resolve technical challenges and influence system design choices.

Core Technical Capabilities

• The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate strength in several of the following areas applied in real world robotic systems deployments:
• Endtoend development and deployment of industrial or collaborative robotic applications such as automation maintenance inspection servicing or related realworld use cases.
• Handson ownership across multiple layers of the robotics stack including robot programming system integration controls perception and application logic.
• Experience with vendorspecific robot programming environments (e.g. UR PolyScope ABB RobotStudio TMflow or similar) including commissioning and troubleshooting.
• Hands on experience with offline programming simulation or virtual commissioning tools (e.g. RoboDK RobotStudio Gazebo Isaac Sim or equivalent) used to validate robotic applications.
• Experience with manipulation motion planning and task orchestration frameworks (e.g. MoveIt behaviortreebased systems or skillbased automation approaches) in real world applications platform (not simulation only).
• Integration of vision systems force sensing endeffectors safety systems PLCs and equipment interfaces in robots or cobots.
• Practical experience with calibration motion planning collision avoidance task sequencing error handling and commissioning in operational environments.
• Strong understanding of robot safety collaborative operation constraints reliability and maintainability in industrial or lab settings.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Robotics Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related fields.
• 7 years of hands-on experience developing integrating and debugging robotic or automated systems on physical hardware (not simulation only roles).
• Strong practical understanding of robot kinematics coordinate frames and motion execution sufficient to diagnose and correct real-world robot behavior.
• Experience developing robotics applications using ROS or ROS2 including:
• Node based architectures message passing TF
• Integration of robot drivers sensors and end-effectors
• Hands-on experience integrating and operating robots end-effectors and sensors such as:
• Force/torque sensors and torque-controlled tools (e.g. torque wrenches)
• Vision systems (RGB RGBD or industrial cameras)
• Proximity safety or ranging sensors (e.g. LiDAR Ultrasonic or similar subsystems)
• Strong software development experience in Python and/or C including debugging multi-process systems on Linux-based platforms.
• Experience integrating COTS hardware and vendor SDKs where documentation may be incomplete or inconsistent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in Robotics or related discipline.
• Proven experience commissioning and deploying industrial or collaborative robot arms (e.g. Universal Robots KUKA FANUC ABB Yaskawa or equivalent) including:
• Tool definition (TCP) payload modeling and mass/inertia configuration
• Frame management calibration and repeatable motion execution
• Depth in one or more robotics domains (e.g. motion planning perception human robot interaction system integration) combined with demonstrated cross disciplinary capability.
• Experience building or extending robotic software stacks beyond vendors out-of-the-box functionality.
• Familiarity with motion planning frameworks perception libraries or robot safety concepts relevant to collaborative robotics.
• Hands-on experience with one or more applicable robotics machinery safety semiconductor equipment or cleanroom standards (e.g. ISO 10218 ISO/TS 15066 ISO 12100 ISO 13849 IEC 62061 SEMI S2/S8/S22 ISO 14644) is a plus
  

Prior responsibility for establishing or contributing to engineering practices such as:

• Source control strategies
• CI/CD pipelines for robotics software
• Automated testing logging or system observabilityExperience working within large matrixed or regulated engineering organizations where documentation traceability and design intent are required

Comfortable working hands-on with physical robotic systems.

Able to operate independently and make sound technical judgments in ambiguous or evolving environments.

Willingness to mentor and coach others and augment the combined organization knowledge base through knowledge sharing initiatives.

Values documentation clarity and engineering rigor as enablers of scale and longterm success.

Balances execution speed with quality safety and maintainability.

Comfortable setting technical standards and influencing others without formal authority.

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