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Manipulator Jobs in Texas (NOW HIRING)

C & W Acquisition, LLC

Brake Press

Alvarado, TX

$17 - $20/hr

Confirm order requirements are met, including proper selection of job priority, tooling set up, manipulator operation and program loading. Perform regular preventative and cleaning maintenance of ...

C&W DustTech

Brake Press

Alvarado, TX · On-site

$17 - $20/hr

... manipulator operation and program loading. • Perform regular preventative and cleaning maintenance of equipment to ensure maximum machine up-time. • Recognize and report all defects to the lead ...

Hoover Holdings Group Inc

Tank Technician

Houston, TX · On-site

Position and maneuver products, parts, and equipment on the Wash Line manually, using a hoist and using the manipulator. * Position ladder and box to get in and out of products on the Wash Line

Hoover Holdings Group Inc

Tank Technician

Houston, TX · On-site

Position and maneuver products, parts, and equipment on the Wash Line manually, using a hoist and using the manipulator. * Position ladder and box to get in and out of products on the Wash Line

Hoover Holdings Group Inc

Tank Technician

Houston, TX · On-site

Position and maneuver products, parts, and equipment on the Wash Line manually, using a hoist and using the manipulator. * Position ladder and box to get in and out of products on the Wash Line

NESCO Inc

Compounder

Garland, TX · On-site

$18.25 - $23/hr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

Use Drum Manipulator to transfer ingredients into holding tanks without waste. * Operate processing equipment such as pumps, tanks, and mixers properly. * Draw product samples for laboratory testing.

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NESCO Inc

Compounder

Dallas, TX · On-site

$21/hr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

Use Drum Manipulator to transfer ingredients into holding tanks without waste. * Operate processing equipment such as pumps, tanks, and mixers properly. * Draw product samples for laboratory testing.

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Apptronik

Sr. Software Engineer - Wheeled Controls

Austin, TX · On-site

$44.75 - $57.25/hr

Deep understanding of classical and modern control theory applied to whole-body loco-manipulation systems, including coupled mobile base and multi-DOF manipulator dynamics. * Estimation & Fusion:

PHARMALOGIC HOLDINGS

Cyclotron Engineer - On Site

Austin, TX · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Maintains essential parts on site for cyclotron, manipulator arms and chemistry modules * Ensures completion of documentation related to cyclotron operations * Performs diagnosis and repair on the ...

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What does a typical day look like for a manipulator in a warehouse or manufacturing environment?

As a Manipulator, your day typically involves operating material handling machinery, organizing inventory, and working with team members to ensure production schedules are met. You might use lift trucks, conveyor systems, or other equipment to move raw materials or finished goods between workstations or storage areas. Working closely with supervisors and other departments, you help maintain an efficient flow of materials and promptly address any issues that arise. This role often requires adaptability since daily tasks can vary based on production needs and volume.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a manipulator?

To thrive as a Manipulator, particularly in industrial settings such as warehouses or manufacturing, you need strong mechanical aptitude, attention to detail, and experience operating machinery or materials handling equipment. Familiarity with forklift operation, pallet jacks, or automated handling systems, along with certifications like OSHA forklift certification, is often required. Excellent teamwork, communication, and time management skills help manipulators work efficiently and safely with others on the production floor. These capabilities ensure materials are moved, sorted, and processed accurately and safely to support smooth operations.

What is a manipulator?

A Manipulator job typically involves operating robotic or mechanical arms to move, position, or control objects in various industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, or research. Manipulators can be manual, semi-automated, or fully robotic, assisting with precision tasks like assembling products, handling hazardous materials, or performing delicate surgical procedures. Operators must have skills in coordination, attention to detail, and often technical knowledge of machinery. Some roles require specialized training or certifications depending on the industry.

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Sr. Robotics Engineer, Motion Planning

Contoro Robotics

Austin, TX • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 4 days ago

Job description

Join Contoro Robotics - Revolutionizing Warehouse Automation with Cutting-Edge Robotics
At Contoro Robotics, we're on a mission to solve labor challenges through advanced robotic solutions. Headquartered in Austin, TX, our fast-growing startup is transforming the supply chain industry with our flagship warehouse automation technology. Our team is made up of top-tier experts in robotics, AI, and logistics, working together to push the boundaries of automation.
We're looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join us on this journey-helping shape the future of robotics while growing alongside a world-class team. If you're passionate about innovation, problem-solving, and making a real-world impact, we want to hear from you!
Senior Robotics Engineer, Motion Planning
Contoro Robotics is an Austin-based company building autonomous truck-unloading robots for warehouse operations. We deploy reliable, high-throughput robotic systems that handle heavy, unstructured freight in real logistics settings every day.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Robotics Engineer to lead the next phase of motion-performance improvement for our robot arm. You will be the technical lead for motion planning and trajectory generation, owning how we turn planned motion into fast, smooth, dynamically feasible trajectories under real hardware constraints. Your focus is reducing cycle time while maintaining safety and payload stability, using strong fundamentals in kinematics, dynamics, constrained optimization, and hardware-backed performance validation. This is a senior individual-contributor role: you set technical direction for motion planning, own the hardest trajectory-optimization problems, and mentor other engineers, working closely with the autonomy team.
Responsibilities
Trajectory Optimization
  • Own trajectory generation and time parameterization: turn planned paths into time-optimal, dynamically feasible trajectories that minimize cycle time while respecting velocity, acceleration, jerk, and torque limits of the arm and payload.
  • Drive the next generation of our motion performance through advanced time parameterization, optimization-based motion (optimal control, QP/NLP), and payload-aware planning that meaningfully increases throughput.
  • Ensure smooth, jerk-limited motion that maintains payload stability and hardware safety, and robustly handle near-singularity and joint-limit edge cases without stalls or unsafe motion.

Path Generation and Planning Architecture
  • Own geometric path planning for a high-DOF manipulator moving boxes through cluttered, partially occluded container environments.
  • Evaluate and evolve the planning architecture and toolchain (e.g., MoveIt, OMPL, CHOMP/TrajOpt), making the build, adopt, and extend decisions for the planning stack.
  • Integrate perception outputs (container frame, box poses, occupancy) into the planning scene, reasoning about collision objects such as container walls, ceiling, and neighboring boxes.

Performance Validation
  • Define motion-performance metrics, benchmark alternative approaches, and validate gains both in simulation and on real hardware.
  • Use physics-based and kinematic simulation to develop and de-risk changes before they reach the fleet.

Technical Leadership
  • Set technical direction for motion planning and drive multi-quarter improvements in cycle time and reliability.
  • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and raise the team's bar on motion-planning craft, testing, and reliability.
  • Collaborate across autonomy, perception, controls, and robot software to deliver end-to-end motion that is both fast and reliable across diverse box configurations.
Qualifications
Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in motion planning, trajectory optimization, or manipulator control, with production or real-hardware deployment and a track record of owning motion performance end-to-end.
Education: B.S. or M.S. in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent industry experience).
Technical Skills:
  • Strong grounding in classical trajectory generation and time-parameterization methods (e.g., TOTG/TOPP-RA, Ruckig, S-curve profiles), with the ability to derive, adapt, and implement them in production systems.
  • Deep grasp of manipulator kinematics and dynamics - forward/inverse kinematics, collision checking, velocity/acceleration/jerk and torque constraints, and singularity and joint-limit handling for 6/7-DOF arms.
  • Background in optimization-based motion (optimal control, QP/NLP-based trajectory optimization).
  • Deep proficiency in C++ (modern standards), Python, and ROS 1 or ROS 2.
  • Experience validating cycle-time and reliability improvements on real hardware, backed by simulation.

Soft Skills:
  • Strong problem-solving and data-driven decision-making; able to own ambiguous, high-impact problems and decompose them into actionable work.
  • Excellent communication - able to present complex technical concepts clearly to cross-functional teams and mentor other engineers.
Nice to Have
  • Hands-on expertise with MoveIt and motion planning frameworks (OMPL, RRT/RRT-Connect/PRM, CHOMP/TrajOpt).
  • Experience with industrial manipulators (e.g., KUKA) and real-time joint control.
  • Experience planning for multi-object or multi-pick manipulation.
  • Experience optimizing for throughput or cycle time in a production robotics or logistics setting.
  • Experience with GPU-accelerated or learning-based motion planning in addition to classical methods.
  • Experience with physics-based or kinematic simulation for planning validation (Isaac Sim, Gazebo, MuJoCo, Bullet).

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