Role overview

Analog builds robots deployed in real-world environments in Abu Dhabi, currently operating in clinics and outdoors. The next frontier is enabling these robots to manipulate objects with dexterous hands. You’ll own the manipulation software stack that transforms the company’s multi-finger robotic hands from hardware into genuinely useful tools—grasping, handling, and recovering from failures in the field.

Key responsibilities

Design and implement grasp planning and selection algorithms for the dexterous hands.
Develop arm and hand trajectory execution systems that work reliably on deployed robots.
Build failure detection and recovery mechanisms using force and tactile feedback from wrist sensors.
Integrate the full manipulation pipeline with hand drivers and the motion control stack.
Test and refine the system on actual robots in real conditions, then support deployment to field robots.
Connect perception from cameras and touch sensors to guide grasping performance.

Requirements

At least five years of hands-on robot manipulation experience on real hardware with proven deployment to robots in the field, not simulation alone.
Track record building complete manipulation pipelines on dexterous or multi-finger hands, including perception, grasp selection, execution, and failure recovery.
Expertise in 6D object pose estimation and grasp planning.
Proficiency in inverse kinematics and arm or hand trajectory planning, such as with MoveIt 2.
Experience integrating hand drivers and motion control APIs, including force and tactile feedback systems.
Strong programming skills in ROS 2, C++, and Python.

What makes this role worth considering

At a 77-person company, you’ll be the manipulation specialist whose decisions shape the entire approach to grasping and handling—without layers of bureaucracy between you and decision-makers. You’ll test directly on real robots in the building and watch them move into deployed field operations, closing the gap between simulation and reality that defines the manipulation challenge. The role is hands-on building, not management, with a team physically present because they chose to be there.