1 day ago
Pasadena, CA, USA or North Reading, MA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$144k - $194k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain software integration layers connecting Compass safety modules to mobile robots, manipulators, and legged robots.
- Build abstractions and APIs that decouple safety logic from platform-specific hardware for multi-platform deployment.
- Collaborate with motion planning, perception, and controls teams to provide reliable data flow and real-time performance.
- Develop interfaces to safety-rated firmware and hardware while supporting functional safety requirements.
- Architect production-grade software that operates reliably across millions of deployed robots.
- Write tested, maintainable C++ and/or Python for real-time robotics applications.
- Define integration testing strategies and simulation-based validation pipelines for safety behavior.
- Conduct system design reviews, document interface contracts, resolve performance bottlenecks, and mentor junior engineers.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience, programming experience, and experience leading design or architecture for new and existing systems.
- Proficiency in C++, Rust, and/or Python with production-quality real-time systems experience.
- Experience developing software for robotic systems, embedded platforms, or safety-critical applications.
- Familiarity with ROS/ROS2 and real-time communication frameworks.
- Experience designing software abstractions, APIs, or hardware abstraction layers for multi-platform deployment.
- Understanding of software engineering practices including version control, code review, testing, and CI/CD.
- Preferred qualifications include a Master's or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Controls, or a related field.
- Preferred experience includes full software development life cycle work, motion planning and perception integration, control barrier functions, formal safety verification, RTOS, safety-rated firmware interfaces, multiple robot morphologies, reinforcement learning, foundation model deployment, robotics simulation, and fleet-scale production.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Maternity and parental leave options.
- Paid time off.
- 401(k) plan and matching.
- Additional benefits may include prescription coverage, life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance and mental health support, flexible spending accounts, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
- The listed base salary range is $143,700.00-$194,400.00 annually in Pasadena, California and North Reading, Massachusetts.
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