RoboForce

Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Robotics Platform

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2 days ago
Milpitas, CA, USASenior / Staff+
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Base Salary

$165k - $265k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement shared libraries, software contracts, reference clients, examples, and documentation for robot capabilities.
  • Build reliable robot computing and runtime foundations, including target builds, configuration, startup, readiness, hardware integration, and recovery.
  • Develop fleet and data services for robot health, telemetry, incident evidence, recording access, and software delivery visibility.
  • Create tools and infrastructure for repeatable integration, deployment, diagnosis, and validation.
  • Own substantial workstreams from design and implementation through integration, deployment, investigation, and improvement.
  • Use tests, traces, and operational evidence to validate system behavior and changes.
  • Collaborate across software and hardware boundaries and, at Staff level, lead cross-team architecture, migration, and adoption.

Requirements

  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong production programming, software design, and debugging skills in C++, Python, Go, or comparable languages.
  • Substantial experience with shared software interfaces, Linux/embedded systems, backend or distributed services, connected-device platforms, or developer infrastructure.
  • Experience shipping and maintaining software used by engineers or users, with clear ownership of implementation and results.
  • Ability to reason about state, asynchronous execution, failures, interfaces, and meaningful verification.
  • Ability to work across disciplines, clarify unfamiliar assumptions, and learn new systems through practical engineering.
  • Senior candidates must demonstrate independent ownership of substantial workstreams; Staff candidates must also demonstrate architectural impact across components and owners, hands-on delivery, and successful adoption.
  • Experience with robotics, autonomy, hardware-integrated products, ROS 2, embedded computing, target toolchains, runtime lifecycle, on-device deployment and recovery, stateful APIs, telemetry, observability, fleet operations, hardware automation, developer tools, or reproducible release workflows is valuable.

Benefits

  • Competitive stock options and equity programs.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance, plus a 401(k) plan.
  • Visa sponsorship and green card support for qualified candidates.
  • Lunches and dinners, a fully stocked kitchen, and regular team-building events.
  • Full-time U.S. position requiring five days per week of in-office collaboration.
  • Base salary of $165,000–$265,000 USD plus bonus and equity.

Categories

EmbeddedRobotics
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About RoboForce

51-200 employees

RoboForce builds AI-driven robotic systems designed to perform dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks in demanding industrial environments. Its products focus on deployable robo-labor that automates physical work for industrial operators, with an emphasis on real-world scalability and reliability. The privately held company was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.

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