Senior Robotics Software Engineer
Charge Robotics19 hours ago
San Leandro, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$175k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, document, test, and iterate on software for robotic factory installation systems.
- Develop perception, motion planning, and controls software for reliable robot operation in unstructured field conditions.
- Contribute to low-level software for robotic systems in factories and delivery vehicles, emphasizing correctness and safety.
- Control industrial automation hardware including linear actuators, motors, and hydraulic systems.
- Instrument and develop highly performant software using clean code, documentation, testing, version control, and CI.
- Deploy and support robotic products at solar construction sites, including approximately 10% field travel.
Requirements
- Experienced Python developer comfortable with at least one lower-level language such as C++.
- Experience writing real-time, embedded, or robotics software.
- Experience developing highly performant software as part of a team, including testing, documentation, and version control.
- Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Based in or able to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area and able to work 4–5 days per week from the San Leandro headquarters.
- Willingness to safely work with and occasionally climb into large robots.
- Experience with industrial robot arms, motion planning, or automation systems is preferred.
- A four-year degree in computer science, robotics, or a related field is preferred.
Benefits
- Work is based at the San Leandro headquarters 4–5 days per week.
- Approximately 10% travel to solar construction sites is expected.
- Opportunity to work on products with direct climate impact and see software deployed on solar farms.
About Charge Robotics
Charge Robotics is building robots that automate the most labor-intensive parts of solar construction. Solar has rapidly become the cheapest form of power generation in many regions, and demand is skyrocketing — one fifth of all the solar in the US today was installed last year! — but today's construction companies can't keep up due to specialized labor shortages. Our robots make it cheaper, faster, and safer to build utility-scale solar farms, allowing construction companies to meet the rising demand for solar and enabling the world to switch to renewables faster. We’re MIT-founded and backed by some of Silicon Valley’s top investors, including Lux Capital and Y Combinator (S21).