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David Careers

Software Engineer - Robotics

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motion recruitmentWaltham (MA)
Robotics EngineersAll Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

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About the role

We are seeking a Senior Robotics Full Stack Software Engineer to join an innovative robotics startup focused on transforming the automotive service industry. This is a full-time opportunity for an experienced software engineer with strong front-end and back-end development skills and hands-on experience building software for robotics systems. You'll work with Go, Python, TypeScript, React, APIs, real-time data pipelines, telemetry, and robotics middleware to develop the software that connects autonomous robots, operators, and cloud-based systems. This is an opportunity to take a senior technical leadership role at a growing startup where your code will directly impact how robots operate in real-world environments. You'll help build everything from operator-facing applications and fleet monitoring dashboards to the behavior systems that guide robot decision-making. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, working across the full stack, and helping a team establish strong engineering practices. You'll remain hands-on with development while influencing architecture, mentoring other engineers, and helping turn cutting-edge robotics technology into a reliable product deployed in the field.
Required Skills & Experience:
  • 7+ years of professional software development experience
  • Strong full stack development experience across front-end and back-end systemsExperience developing and deploying software within a robotics company or robotics-focused environment
  • Proficiency with Go, Python, TypeScript, or similar programming languages
  • Experience building production front-end applications using React or a similar framework
  • Experience designing and implementing APIs and software architecture
  • Experience with robotics analytics, fleet monitoring, operational metrics, or real-time dashboards
  • Experience with messaging and streaming systems, including queues, pub/sub, or WebSocketsExperience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins
  • Strong understanding of software engineering principles, clean code, SOLID design, and test-driven development
  • Experience working with real-time telemetry, monitoring, and observability systems
  • Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across software, hardware, and robotics teams
Desired Skills & Experience:
  • Experience with ROS or ROS2Familiarity with robot autonomy frameworks, behavior trees, or state machines
  • Experience with Behavior
  • Tree. CPP, py_trees, or similar toolsExperience with MQTT, Open
  • Telemetry, or real-time telemetry systemsExperience visualizing robotics data, telemetry, maps, or spatial information
  • Familiarity with robot log analysis, data replay, ROS bags, or structured event logs
  • Experience building teleoperation interfaces or remote robot supervision toolsExperience with low-latency video streaming
  • Experience with simulation environments such as MuJoCo or Isaac SimExperience with software-in-the-loop testing
  • Experience with edge computing, on-robot services, over-the-air deployments, or fleet orchestration
  • Experience mentoring engineers or providing technical leadership
  • Contributions to open-source projects
What You Will Be Doing:
  • Design, develop, and maintain software across the robotics technology stack
  • Build and improve front-end applications for fleet monitoring, mission planning, teleoperation, and operational dashboards
  • Develop back-end services, APIs, and tooling that connect robot systems, operators, and cloud infrastructure
  • Implement and maintain behavior trees and decision-making logic that support robot autonomy
  • Develop tools to author, visualize, test, and debug robot behaviors
  • Build reliable data pipelines connecting sensors, software processes, and robotics systems
  • Identify and resolve concurrency issues, race conditions, deadlocks, and system integration problems
  • Develop operational metrics to track robot uptime, mission success, throughput, intervention rates, and fleet health
  • Establish engineering standards for testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability
  • Improve system reliability, debuggability, and performance across deployed robotics platforms
  • Collaborate with robotics, hardware, perception, controls, data science, and field operations teams
  • Mentor engineers and help establish best practices across the engineering organization
  • Evaluate technical risks and architectural trade-offs and communicate recommendations to leadership
  • Support software deployment, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of robots operating in real-world environments
Tech Breakdown 25% Back-End Development / Go / Python / APIs20% Front-End Development / TypeScript / React 20% Robotics Software / Behavior Trees / Autonomy 15% Data Pipelines / Messaging / Real-Time Telemetry 10% Fleet Monitoring / Analytics / Observability 10% Architecture / Testing / CI/CDDaily Responsibilities 60% Hands-On Software Development 15% Robotics Integration & Troubleshooting 10% System Architecture & Technical Design 10% Team Collaboration & Mentorship 5% Testing, Documentation & Engineering Standards The Offer Competitive compensation Opportunity to join an innovative robotics startup in the automotive technology space Significant technical ownership across the robotics software stack Hands-on development of products deployed in real-world environments Opportunity to influence software architecture and engineering standards Collaboration with multidisciplinary robotics, hardware, and software teams Opportunity to mentor engineers and grow into broader technical leadership Fast-paced environment with opportunities for professional growth You will receive the following benefits: Medical Insurance DentalBenefitsVisionBenefitsPaid Time Off (PTO)401(k) Professional Development Opportunities Collaborative Engineering Environment Career Growth Opportunities Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.
Specialization: Robotics

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