- Robot type
- Industrial Automation
- Location
- Palo AltoCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Jan 26, 2026
Robotics Software Engineer
Job description
Mind Robotics is building Physical AI for real-world industrial deployment, starting with the factory floor. We believe the hardest problems in AI are solved when researchers and engineers are hands-on with the physical world every day - and we're looking for people who are passionate about robotics, value ownership, and are excited to tackle difficult problems. Join us if you want to move beyond digital intelligence and put intelligence into motion.
Job responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain runtime systems that enable reliable, low-latency operation of robotic platforms.
- Ensure robustness of robotics systems across real-world deployment scenarios.
- Implement and optimize robotics middleware for inter-process communication, data serialization, and message passing.
- Integrate with frameworks like DDS, Zenoh, or build custom solutions as needed.
- Build systems for task scheduling, resource management, and lifecycle management of robotic applications.
- Enable scalable and modular execution of complex robotic behaviors.
- Ensure that robotics systems meet strict latency and reliability requirements.
- Optimize for resource-constrained and embedded environments.
Job requirements
- Strong experience building robotics software systems and middleware.
- Experience designing and building runtime systems, execution frameworks, or middleware layers.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and communication patterns in robotics.
- Experience working with real-time constraints and performance-critical systems.
- Strong proficiency in Python programming.
- Familiarity with robotics middleware frameworks (e.g., DDS, Zenoh, ROS2).
- Experience with containerization, CI/CD, and codebase management at scale.
- Ability to design clean abstractions and APIs for internal users.
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