Staff C++ Architecture Engineer
GrayMatter Robotics7 months ago
Base Salary
$190k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement C++ and Python tooling for ROS/ROS 2 nodes, libraries, and utilities.
- Integrate cameras, LiDAR, robot controllers, sensors, and actuators, including device drivers, message interfaces, health checks, and diagnostics.
- Architect scalable and testable subsystems for configuration, state machines, fault recovery, and observability.
- Diagnose and resolve performance and scalability challenges in robotic software.
- Own components, features, or systems with end-to-end responsibility.
- Develop reusable software components that interface with back-end platforms.
- Collaborate with product, design, operations, and infrastructure teams on application experiences.
- Improve code quality, efficiency, and performance through reviews, documentation, and best-practice advocacy.
- Promote safety, reliability, and maintainability across production automation software.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of industry experience developing and shipping production software in modern C++.
- Proven ownership and delivery of software components, features, or systems.
- Familiarity with large-scale system design and architecture best practices.
- Experience with concurrency and real-time programming.
- Master’s or PhD in Computer Science or Robotics is preferred.
- 3+ years of hands-on ROS or ROS 2 experience is preferred.
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills for real robots and embedded systems are preferred.
- Expertise in object-oriented design and API development, with familiarity with SOLID principles and clean architecture, is preferred.
- Proficiency with Linux, CMake, colcon, Git, and common CI tools such as GitHub Actions or GitLab CI is preferred.
- Strong algorithms and data structures foundation is preferred.
- Technical mentoring or thought-leadership experience is preferred.
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees under the stated export-control requirements.
Benefits
- Onsite role in the Carson, California office.
- Planned Q3/Q4 2026 hire.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Regular offsite events.
- Discretionary fund for enhancing productivity.
About GrayMatter Robotics
We’re solving the most difficult surface treatment and finishing challenges high-mix, high-variability manufacturers face with our advanced robotics and physics-informed AI technologies. We are transforming the future of manufacturing with robotics and our proprietary GMR-AI™, designed into smart robotic cells that assist humans in tedious and ergonomically challenging tasks. Our mission is to enhance human productivity and improve the quality of life by letting robots empower people. Based in Los Angeles, California, GrayMatter Robotics has been voted one of the top 50 Best Places to Work in LA by BuiltIn. We also won the RBR50 Award in 2022 as one of the top 50 innovators in the robotics market.