Senior Robotics Systems Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Design software interfaces between high-level robot applications and low-level sensors, actuators, embedded controllers, and communication buses.
• Design and integrate mechatronic systems, mechanisms, and test fixtures; develop, troubleshoot, and improve electrical subsystems and interfaces.
• Integrate and debug complex robotic systems spanning software, embedded, networking, electrical, and mechanical domains.
• Diagnose performance, reliability, timing, and hardware-interface issues across the robot stack.
• Drive system reliability and scalability through rigorous testing and root-cause analysis.
• Requires 5 days/week in-office collaboration with the team.

Job requirements

• BS/MS in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on robotics experience in industry, academia, or research labs, with a track record of building, integrating, and deploying real robotic systems.
• Experience developing drivers, hardware abstraction layers, or software interfaces for sensors, actuators, or embedded devices.
• Hands-on experience with several of the following: ROS/ROS2, real-time or embedded Linux, fieldbus or device communications, distributed middleware, sensor/actuator integration, and performance optimization.
• Ability to design and troubleshoot basic electrical circuits and mechanical components for robotic systems.
• Strong debugging, system integration, and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience with humanoids, mobile manipulators, or similar platforms.
• Experience with Linux kernel development, kernel modules, device drivers, or low-level systems software.