Robotics Software Engineer

Design and develop production-quality software that plans how a robot arm and base moves through a trailer packed with boxes, bags, and whatever else got thrown in.

Build and maintain the infrastructure to run, benchmark, and deploy planning algorithms across our fleet's varying compute platforms.

Partner with the simulation team to build simulation CI pipelines that validate planner behavior and catch regressions before every deployment to real robots

Own features end-to-end from prototype to field deployment, debugging and tuning on real hardware at customer sites

Write production-grade software with Python and C++, meeting strict reliability, latency, and timing requirements for safety-critical operation

Collaborate with perception, hardware, firmware, and deployment teams, and mentor junior engineers while upholding engineering best practices

2+ years of professional software engineering experience building robotics, planning and control for AMRs or Mobile Manipulator robots

Hands-on experience developing and deploying classical motion planning algorithms, or ML based planning methods for real-world robots or other safety-critical, real-time systems

Strong written and verbal communication; able to explain complex technical tradeoffs to cross-functional partners. Professional fluency in English

Proficiency in Python; Experience with C++ is a bonus

Ownership mentality and bias for action, comfort with ambiguity and physical hardware, intellectual curiosity, and a collaborative, low-ego approach

Hybrid — Boston, MA area, with regular on-site work and occasional travel to customer deployment sites

Full-time, with occasional schedule flexibility to support on-site deployments and testing