Platform Architecture & Software Quality

· Audit and refactor the existing ROS 2-based software framework for maintainability, extensibility, and performance

· Identify bottlenecks and migrate performance-critical components from Python to C++ where justified

· Establish and enforce software engineering standards: interfaces, testing, documentation, and code review practices

· Reduce redundancy and improve modularity so that robotics engineers can build on top of solid, predictable components

· Collaborate with scientists and engineers who wrote the existing code to understand intent before refactoring

Strong software engineering fundamentals - this role is as much about software craft as robotics

· Demonstrated experience improving and refactoring existing codebases, not just greenfield builds

· Solid C++ alongside Python; able to port Python components to C++ and reason about the tradeoffs

· Deep ROS 2 knowledge: node design, lifecycle, communication patterns, composable nodes, and best practices

· Experience establishing engineering standards on a team where not everyone has a traditional software background