Senior Software Engineer, Robotics Platform

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer, Robotics Platform: Own the compute, OS, middleware, and networking foundation for AI-powered food assembly robots with an accent on low-level systems, fleet-wide reliability, and performance optimization. Focus on leading OS/middleware upgrades, diagnosing production issues across deployed robots, and integrating new hardware and sensors.

On-site in San Francisco, working five days a week.

$150,000 - $200,000 a year

Company

Venture-backed startup building AI-powered robots for high-mix food production environments.

What you will do

• Lead upgrades of autonomy software OS and middleware across production systems.
• Define architecture standards, release processes, and testing for platform software.
• Own fleet-wide reliability by diagnosing and fixing low-level issues like drivers, networking, and Linux configuration.
• Investigate and resolve networking and load bottlenecks impacting perception and autonomy.
• Build provisioning and configuration tooling for scalable robot bring-up.
• Integrate new hardware, sensors, and cameras; monitor fleet performance.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or related field.
• 4+ years building production software in Linux with strong systems expertise.
• Experience shipping and maintaining software across device fleets.
• Strong fundamentals in networking protocols (TCP, UDP, PTP), build systems, performance profiling, memory optimization.
• Track record leading complex multi-component software projects.
• Familiarity with ROS or similar robotics middleware.

Nice to have

• Background in fleet management, OTA updates, or large-scale device deployment.
• Full-stack or cloud infrastructure experience (monitoring, logging).
• Experience with simulation for hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Familiarity with mechatronics and electronics.

Culture & Benefits

• High-ownership small team with startup urgency.
• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision insurance, commuter benefits, flexible PTO, catered lunch, 401(k) matching.
• Equity as major part of compensation.