Automation Engineer V

Job Title: Automation Engineer V Job Description The Automation Engineer V is responsible for designing, programming, simulating, and testing automated technologies and processes. This role focuses on creating detailed design specifications and documentation to support the development and implementation of automated systems. Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and test the manufacture of automated equipment.
- Investigate and test products from vendors and competitors.
- Own the path from trained model to reliable on-robot execution by maintaining a humanoid platform, building deployment pipelines, and running sim-to-real loops.
- Serve as the technical owner in external hardware collaborations.

Essential Skills

- Hands-on deployment of learned policies to humanoid and legged robots, including bring-up and maintenance.
- Real-time control and low-level integration using ROS/ROS2, onboard compute, and sensors/actuators.
- Sim-to-real transfer with domain randomization.
- Proficiency in Python and C++ with PyTorch inference on onboard hardware.
- Practices for robot safety around people.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Direct experience with commercial mid-size or full-size humanoids and whole-body control/locomotion/manipulation stacks.
- Experience as a technical point of contact in vendor or cross-organizational hardware collaborations.
- Familiarity with teleoperation, motion capture rigs, hardware failure diagnosis, and spares logistics.

Work Environment This position requires onsite work with powered robotic hardware, adherence to lab and robot safety protocols, and access to pre-release research artifacts.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of New York, NY.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $80.00 - $85.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of New York, NY.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 21, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in New York,NY. About Actalent

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