1 day ago
Base Salary
$168k - $227k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain software integration layers connecting Compass safety modules to diverse robot platforms.
- Build abstractions, APIs, and hardware interfaces that decouple safety logic from platform-specific hardware.
- Collaborate with motion planning, perception, controls, and autonomy teams to support real-time data flow and performance.
- Develop and maintain interfaces to safety-rated firmware and hardware while supporting functional safety requirements.
- Architect scalable, production-grade software for deployment across millions of 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.
- Participate in design reviews, technical documentation, and cross-team interface alignment.
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in real-time safety-critical software paths.
- Mentor junior engineers and improve software engineering practices.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- At least 5 years of programming experience with one or more software programming languages.
- At least 5 years of leading design or architecture for new and existing systems, including reliability and scaling.
- Experience mentoring, serving as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
- 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 robotics middleware such as ROS or ROS2 and real-time communication frameworks.
- Experience designing software abstractions, APIs, or hardware abstraction layers for multi-platform deployment.
- Understanding of version control, CI/CD, code review, testing, and software engineering practices.
- Preferred: 5+ years of full software development lifecycle experience, including coding standards, source control, builds, testing, and operations.
- Preferred: Master’s or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Controls, or a related field.
- Preferred: experience integrating motion planners, perception pipelines, or control systems on physical robots.
- Preferred: familiarity with control barrier functions, safety-critical control, formal safety verification, RTOS, safety-rated firmware interfaces, IEC 61508, or ISO 13849.
- Preferred: experience with multiple robot morphologies, robotics simulation environments, reinforcement learning, or foundation model deployment on robotic systems.
- Preferred: experience scaling software from prototypes to fleet-level production and working in cross-functional, research-adjacent teams.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Maternity and parental leave options.
- Paid time off.
- 401(k) plan and matching.
- Additional benefits may include life and AD&D insurance, supplemental life plans, employee assistance, mental health support, medical advice, flexible spending accounts, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
- The listed locations are Pasadena and North Reading, with benefits varying by location, scheduled hours, employment length, and job status.
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