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# Robotics Software Engineer - Motion Planning at TELEXISTENCE Inc.

- **Company:** TELEXISTENCE Inc.
- **Location:** Tokyo, Japan
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/tx-inc.com/3afe4265-1fd7-4672-b052-f040ec18acb8

## Job description

The Robotics Software Engineer position is ideal for a candidate who has advanced skills in control software development for robot manipulators with extensive mathematics and algorithm background. The main responsibility will be to develop robot control software for our self-developed robot (TX GHOST).

## Responsibilities

- Develop real-time motion control software to control robot manipulators using Inverse Kinematics, collision avoidance and active compliance control algorithms
- Develop TX's custom-made robot control software, such as actuator driver integration and ROS framework integration
- Integrate the entire software components to make the robotic solution ready for enterprise-level production

## Requirements

- Master's degree or above in a relevant field
- Expert in C++ software development on Linux/Ubuntu platform
- Expert in ROS2 framework and MoveIt Motion Planning. If we gave you URDF, you should be able to create a ROS environment with MoveIt to control the robot in the Gazebo environment from scratch
- Experience in developing software to control robot manipulator (e.g., UR series of Universal Robots)
- Hands-on experience with motor control and PID algorithms
- Knowledge of robotics control theory (Kinematics, Dynamics, Motion Planning, and Control)
- Passion to develop a product used in real operations (product mindset)
- Good communication skills and proactive collaboration
- Business level of English

Desired Skills

- Japanese language skill to communicate with internal/external stakeholders
- Experience in developing force/torque control software, such as compliance control
- Creative in solving issues; data-driven debugging and iteration
- Autonomous problem-solver: proactively identifies and breaks down issues, investigates logs/metrics, designs experiments, proposes options, and delivers fixes/features end-to-end with minimal oversight—while communicating progress and escalating when truly blocked
- Experience simulating robotic systems and their interactions with physics-based environments

## About TELEXISTENCE Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Telexistence Inc. builds and operates AI-powered robots for real-world retail and logistics environments, with a mission to grasp every single object in the world.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Tokyo, Japan
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Jin Tomioka

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Robotics and Physical AI
- Target customers: Retail convenience stores, logistics operators, robotics startups, and research institutions (B2B)
- Mission or purpose: “Change robots, change structures, and change the world” – to make robots operate outside factories and revolutionize labor.

## Products & Services
- **TX SCARA (Retail Robot)**: An AI-powered robot deployed in convenience stores for restocking and shelf management. Currently in over 300 FamilyMart stores across Japan.
- **GHOST (Next-Gen Robot)**: Next-generation model under development with Foxconn for mass production.
- **Astra (Humanoid Robot)**: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) humanoid robot being co-developed with Seven-Eleven Japan, targeting deployment in stores by 2029.
- **Motion Data Factory (Service)**: A new industrial utility generating large-scale, stable robotic motion datasets for robotics companies and researchers, launching January 2026.
- **Logistics Automation Systems**: Multi-robot systems (four robotic arms + four automated forklifts) for warehouse loading/unloading, deployed with SENKO Co., Ltd.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Total Funding**: $204.8M (as of Series B; $170M Series B led by SoftBank Group, Foxconn, Globis Capital Partners, with follow-ons from Airbus Ventures, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Monoful Venture Partners)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue ~$13M (LinkedIn estimate); deploying robots in commercial convenience stores at scale – a rare feat in the industry.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: SoftBank Group Corp., Foxconn, Airbus Ventures, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Globis Capital Partners, Monoful Venture Partners, AWS (Generative AI Innovation Center), NVIDIA (IsaacSim), Seven-Eleven Japan, FamilyMart, SENKO.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 16.2% YoY to 92 employees across 10 countries; entered strategic partnership for humanoid robot with Seven-Eleven; launched Motion Data Factory service; expanding into North America with SoftBank Robotics.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Real-world scale**: Already operating hundreds of robots in live convenience stores, accumulating real-world data that competitors lack.
- **Full-stack ownership**: In-house hardware, AI foundation models, data collection, and control – enabling rapid iteration and tight feedback loops.
- **Advanced gripping and fleet management**: Proprietary grippers that handle perforated or weak boxes, plus an AI system that coordinates multiple robot arms and forklifts in parallel.
- **Infrastructure**: Access to large-scale GPU clusters (AWS) and simulation tools (NVIDIA IsaacSim) for training foundation models.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue scaling deployments in retail and logistics (Japan → North America).
- Advance humanoid robot development (Astra) with Seven-Eleven for 2029 rollout.
- Grow the Motion Data Factory as a utility service to power the broader robotics ecosystem.
- Solidify mass production capabilities with Foxconn for next-gen models.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Highly flexible – no fixed hours, remote/hybrid/in-person options as long as goals are met. Results-driven environment.
- **Team**: Multinational group of top specialists in hardware, software, AI, and teleoperation. Distributed across 10 countries (Japan, India, Turkey, Canada, US, etc.).
- **Impact**: Work on frontier robotics problems with immediate real-world deployment – from convenience store shelves to logistics hubs.
- **Growth**: Rapid scaling phase post-Series B; opportunities to shape platform from early stage.
- **Perks**: Start-up agility with global investor backing; exposure to cutting-edge AI and robotics stack.

## Sources
1. [tx-inc.com](https://tx-inc.com/en/)
2. [tx-inc.com/about](https://tx-inc.com/en/about/)
3. [tx-inc.com/career](https://tx-inc.com/en/career/)
4. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/tx-inc.com)
5. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/telexistenceinc)

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