Robotics Software Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Robotics Software Development : Design, implement, and maintain production software for real-world robotic systems using C++ and Python, with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• System Integration : Integrate and refine robotics capabilities across perception, planning, controls, teleoperation, and platform software to ensure robust behavior on physical robots.
• Robustness & Reliability Engineering : Improve software quality through testing, validation, fault handling, performance tuning, and edge-case analysis to make systems dependable in unstructured outdoor environments.
• Debugging & Root Cause Analysis : Investigate complex failures across software, sensors, networking, timing, and hardware interfaces, and drive issues to resolution through disciplined technical analysis.
• Tooling & Infrastructure : Build internal tools, scripts, and workflows that improve developer velocity, testing efficiency, observability, and release quality across the robotics software stack.
• On-Robot Validation : Work directly with hardware to validate new features, evaluate system behavior, and iterate quickly between development and real-world testing.

Job requirements

• Education: B.S. or M.S. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience: 2+ years of professional experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones, or complex embedded systems, with a demonstrated track record of deploying physical hardware products into the field.
• Programming Proficiency: Strong command of both C++ and Python, with the ability to read, debug, and write production-level C++ for core robot systems, alongside robust Python tooling.
• Robotics Software Fundamentals : Experience working with one or more core robotics domains such as perception, motion planning, controls, localization, state estimation, system integration, or robot behavior.
• Linux Systems Expertise : Strong comfort working in Linux development environments, including command-line tools, debugging workflows, scripting, and system-level troubleshooting.
• Debugging Mindset : Proven ability to diagnose and resolve problems that span software, hardware, sensors, and distributed system interactions.
• Collaboration : Requires 5 days/week in-office collaboration with the team.
• Outdoor Robotics Experience : Background in autonomous driving, drones, mobile robotics, or other systems deployed in outdoor or unstructured environments.