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# CV Guidance - Hexagon Applications
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**Created:** 2026-03-11
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**Status:** Draft
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**Related:** [[Hexagon Role Analysis]], [[Job Hunt]]
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## Purpose
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Concrete, actionable CV tailoring guidance for Hexagon Robotics applications. Focus on motion planning role (primary) and mission control role (secondary).
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## CV Structure Recommendation
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### 1. Headline (if used)
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**For Motion Planning:** "Senior Robotics Engineer | Motion Planning & Autonomous Navigation"
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**For Mission Control:** "Senior Software Engineer | Robotics Systems Architecture & Integration"
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### 2. Summary (3-4 lines max)
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**Motion Planning:**
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"Senior robotics engineer with 5+ years leading motion planning, localization, and autonomous navigation systems. Specialized in real-time trajectory optimization, MPC, and planning under dynamic constraints. Transitioning expertise from aerial platforms to humanoid robotics with focus on whole-body motion planning."
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**Mission Control:**
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"Senior software engineer with proven track record architecting and integrating complex autonomous systems. Led development of end-to-end drone platform integrating perception, planning, and control. Experienced in production-quality robotics software, CI/CD, and cross-team coordination."
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## Experience Bullet Rewrites
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### Motion Planning Emphasis
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**Current:** (whatever exists about motion planning on CV)
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**Enhanced versions:**
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1. **Global/Local Planning:**
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- "Designed and implemented hierarchical motion planning stack combining global path planning (A*, RRT*) with local trajectory optimization for real-time obstacle avoidance."
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2. **Real-time MPC:**
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- "Developed MPC-based trajectory tracking running at 100Hz with hardware-in-loop validation, achieving <5cm tracking error in dynamic environments."
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3. **Planning under uncertainty:**
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- "Integrated probabilistic obstacle prediction into planning pipeline, enabling safe navigation in partially observable environments."
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4. **Transfer to humanoid:**
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- "Architected planning system with extensibility to legged platforms; familiar with whole-body planning concepts and contact-rich manipulation."
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### Mission Control / Integration Emphasis
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1. **System Architecture:**
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- "Architected modular flight software stack with clean interfaces between perception, planning, and control layers, enabling rapid integration and testing."
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2. **Integration Leadership:**
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- "Led integration of multi-sensor fusion stack (IMU, camera, LiDAR, GPS) with state estimation and control, reducing integration bugs by 40%."
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3. **Production Quality:**
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- "Established CI/CD pipelines, automated regression testing, and simulation-to-real workflows for safety-critical autonomous systems."
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4. **Cross-team Coordination:**
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- "Coordinated development across perception, planning, and control teams; defined interfaces and integration milestones."
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## Keywords to Include
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### Motion Planning Role (Primary)
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- Motion planning (global/local, sampling-based, optimization-based)
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- MPC (Model Predictive Control)
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- Trajectory optimization
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- Collision avoidance
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- Real-time systems
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- ROS2
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- C++ / Python
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- State estimation / SLAM (secondary but relevant)
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- Legged locomotion (learning objective)
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- Whole-body planning (learning objective)
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- Manipulation planning (learning objective)
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### Mission Control Role (Secondary)
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- System architecture
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- Integration
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- Orchestration
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- Mission control
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- Behavior trees / state machines
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- Distributed systems
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- CI/CD
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- Production-quality software
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- Cross-team coordination
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- ROS2
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- C++ / Python
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## Keywords to De-emphasize
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### For Motion Planning Role
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- Hardware design (not relevant)
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- Business development (not relevant)
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- Frontend/web development (not relevant)
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### For Mission Control Role
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- Deep learning specialization (overemphasis could signal ML focus over systems)
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- Pure simulation work without real-robot validation
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## Cover Letter Points
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### Motion Planning (Primary)
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**Paragraph 1:** "I've spent the last 5 years building motion planning systems for autonomous drones, from global path planning to real-time MPC-based trajectory tracking. Your Motion Planning Engineer role is exactly the kind of deep technical work I'm looking for."
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**Paragraph 2:** "At [previous company], I led the planning stack development for [platform]. Key achievements: [2-3 specific accomplishments with metrics]."
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**Paragraph 3:** "I'm transitioning to humanoid robotics because the whole-body planning problem is the next frontier in motion planning. The challenge of coordinating locomotion and manipulation under contact constraints is where I want to build expertise."
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### Mission Control (Secondary)
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**Paragraph 1:** "I've spent the last 5 years building integrated autonomous systems, from perception to control. Your Mission Control role matches my experience architecting the orchestration layer that ties robotic subsystems together."
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**Paragraph 2:** "At [previous company], I architected the flight software stack integrating perception, planning, and control. Key achievements: [specifics]."
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**Paragraph 3:** "I'm interested in Hexagon because [specific reason about humanoid robotics and Zurich]."
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## Gaps to Address
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### For Motion Planning Role
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- **Legged locomotion:** Acknowledge gap; show learning plan (e.g., "Currently studying whole-body motion planning for legged systems through [resources]")
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- **Manipulation planning:** Highlight any arm/gripper experience; if none, show awareness of the domain
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- **Contact-rich planning:** New area; position as learning opportunity
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### For Mission Control Role
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- **Behavior trees / SMACC:** Research and mention awareness
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- **Distributed systems:** Expand any multi-process/multi-node architecture experience
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## Pre-Application Checklist
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- [ ] Update CV with motion planning emphasis
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- [ ] Tailor summary for each role
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- [ ] Add specific bullet rewrites for planning/integration experience
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- [ ] Review LinkedIn profile alignment
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- [ ] Prepare cover letter points
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- [ ] Research Hexagon Robotics recent news for talking points
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- [ ] Prepare questions about team structure, technical stack, growth trajectory
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## Notes
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- Be honest about gaps; show learning trajectory
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- Concrete specifics > generic claims
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- Metrics and outcomes wherever possible
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- Tailor slightly for each role (motion planning vs mission control have different emphasis)
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---
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**Tags:** #job-hunt #cv #hexagon #career |