Senior Robotics Engineer Interview Experience - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Process
I applied online.
The initial interview went very well, as I believe. But in the end, it became fishy once the senior person from the company told me that in the next round they would hand me a problem they are facing, and I had to give a ten-minute presentation on how to solve their problem. I knew from this moment that this company is fishing ideas from candidates and not actually looking for a candidate. Anyway, I still made time to make a presentation with ideas for them, and I did present that in front of a few interviewers in the next interview.
But then I realized again that they are not actually looking for candidates really. I had an impression during the presentation that they did not fully understand the ideas I was presenting. Which I understood, since they do not have that experience. Luckily, I will say I wasn't selected, but I am really happy about that once I started reading the reviews for this company. My suggestion is to turn back and run if a company asks to solve a specific problem that they are having issues with.
Questions
Localization problem for a robot in the featureless environment.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Gecko Robotics Senior Robotics Engineer role in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Success Rate
Gecko Robotics's interview process for their Senior Robotics Engineer roles in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Gecko Robotics's Senior Robotics Engineer interview process in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Gecko Robotics Work Experiences
- 4.0Great Benefits/ Employee CultureNdt Inspector • Former EmployeePittsburgh, PAAugust 15, 2022Pros: The company has excellent benefits and flexibility when scheduling pto. Employee culture is great. Managers are very personable, and there's a lot of perks (flight/hotel rewards, catered lunch at office, free food and drink, surprise gifts for employees). Not to mention the amount of overtime you can acquire while being out in the field.Cons: Work life balance is not always the best. Most of the time you're gone on a job longer than expected. Sometimes there are back to back jobs which require you to be gone for up to 2 weeks straight. Busy season requires a lot of traveling/being gone from home. Pay is sub par for the type of work that is being performed as an operator. And proper training/time spent with newer employees is lacking.
- 2.0Honest Hardware ReviewMechanical Engineer • Current EmployeePittsburgh, PAMarch 12, 2025Pros: Get to work with intelligent people Company hopefully will make equity holders some moneyCons: There is no interest or opportunity for real engineering. Don't let them sell you on working here as a real product engineer. There are no products in the traditional sense of the word. Every development timeline is extremely short and the projects are expected to be shoved out the door without any serious DFM, optimization, or any real polishing. I would advise anyone with any real experience in hardware development to look at other opportunities. I unknowingly took a step back in my career coming here and often regret it. Now I only look forward to accumulating more equity like most other hardware engineers here so that we can eventually move on.
- 1.0ToxicSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeFebruary 1, 2022Pros: Learned a lot from the people there, many of whom have left though.Cons: They don’t listen to feedback from employees. They expect CEO energy from everyone, working overtime and weekends, even though the pay isn’t competitive. Throwing hours at something won’t make up for the lack of organization from leadership. They tried bringing people back during Covid while health professionals still advised against it, then never addressed the issue when people complained. Don’t blame working from home for the poor culture.
