Staff Software Engineer, Software Systems
Brain Corp2 months ago
Base Salary
$187k - $201k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction and architecture of the Hardware Abstraction Layer and drive its migration for next-generation robotics platforms.
- Own the design and evolution of robotics telemetry and replay systems to improve observability, reliability, and data quality.
- Migrate middleware components from Python to high-performance C++ implementations.
- Architect and develop C++ middleware for communication between sensors, compute, and autonomy systems.
- Integrate and bring up hardware components including LiDARs, cameras, and IMUs.
- Optimize latency, throughput, memory usage, CPU efficiency, and overall performance across the robotics stack.
- Collaborate with hardware, applications, autonomy, and QA teams on system integration and deployment.
- Establish software design, code quality, testing, and documentation practices.
- Mentor engineers, guide design reviews, and lead complex debugging efforts.
- Contribute hands-on code while driving long-term architectural improvements, development workflow improvements, testing strategies, and system reliability.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, robotics, or a related technical field.
- At least 7 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Professional experience with robotics systems, embedded platforms, or hardware abstraction layers.
- Experience leading complex technical initiatives or architectural changes in production systems.
- Expert proficiency in modern C++, including multithreading, memory management, and performance optimization.
- Strong Python skills for scripting, tooling, and system integration.
- Experience integrating LiDARs, cameras, and IMUs into production systems.
- Strong experience with Linux-based development environments such as Ubuntu.
- Experience designing and developing middleware systems or inter-process communication frameworks.
- Familiarity with communication protocols such as MQTT or similar paradigms.
- Experience with build systems such as CMake and unit testing frameworks such as Google Test.
- Experience designing scalable, maintainable, and modular architectures, debugging complex robotics or embedded systems, and profiling system performance.
- Proficiency with version control systems such as Git.
- Ability to provide technical leadership and mentorship without direct management responsibility.
- Preferred experience includes autonomous mobile robots, large-scale re-architecture or migration, telemetry and observability systems, custom non-ROS middleware, real-time systems, and hardware-software integration.
Benefits
- Discretionary annual target bonus and stock options are included in the total rewards package.
- 401(k) plan with match, no waiting period, and immediate vesting.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, HSA, EAP, legal/identity support, and pet insurance benefits are available.
- Flexible Spending Accounts are available for medical and dependent care.
- Paid vacation, sick leave, volunteer time, 10 company holidays, and a winter company shutdown are provided.
- The San Diego office offers daily on-site lunch, an on-campus gym with pool and tennis courts, and colleague events.
- Internal continuous learning events and opportunities to share personal interests are available.
- The position is based in the San Diego, California office; the listed salary range may vary for other states.
About Brain Corp
Brain Corp develops BrainOS, an autonomy software platform that powers autonomous mobile robots used in commercial public spaces, especially retail, for floor cleaning and inventory management. The company licenses its software to OEM partners and enterprises, with services that support deployment and fleet operations; more than 30,000 AMRs run on BrainOS. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Diego, it is privately held and backed by investors including SoftBank Vision Fund and Qualcomm Ventures.