Robotics Software Engineer

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Preferred

• Outdoor Robotics Experience
• Background in autonomous driving, drones, mobile robotics, or other systems deployed in outdoor or unstructured environments.

Infrastructure Familiarity

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD systems, or software release workflows for robotics platforms.
• Developer Tooling: Experience building tools for testing, simulation, telemetry, debugging, or log analysis.
• Visualization & Diagnostics: Experience with robotics visualization and diagnostics tools such as Foxglove, Grafana, RViz, or custom internal interfaces.
• Production Deployment Experience: Experience taking robotics software from prototype to production and supporting reliability at fleet scale.

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.

Collaboration

Requires 5 days/week in-office collaboration with the team.

Benefits

• Competitive stock options/equity programs.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) plan.
• Visa sponsorship and green card support for qualified candidates.
• Lunches and dinners, a fully stocked kitchen, and regular team-building events.

Compensation: Salary $165,000–$235,000 USD

+ Bonus + Equity

The base salary range above represents the expected compensation for this full-time U.S. position. Final compensation will be determined based on role scope, level, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training, and may fall outside the listed range in exceptional cases.