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# Robotics software engineer

- **Company:** Code
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Middleware, Protocol Buffers, Hardware Interface Design, Python (Programming Language), Motion Planning, Network Configuration and Change Management, Software Architecture, Real-Time Operating Systems, Sensor Fusion, Software Deployment, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), ZeroMQ (Concurrent Programming Libraries), Rust (Programming Language), Robot Operating System, PIC Microcontroller, Multi-Agent Systems, Low Latency, Grpc, Lidar, Golang
- **Published:** August 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/p9zov3q6e4

## About the Role

* 5+ Years in Robotics Software: Proven experience building soft-real-time software for physical platforms.
 * Robotics Middleware: Hands-on experience with ROS2/DDS, ZeroMQ, gRPC, or Protobuf.
 * Systems Language Mastery: Deep proficiency in C++, Python, Rust, or Golang.
 * Sensor & Hardware Interfaces: Familiarity with common sensors (LiDAR, radar, cameras, IMUs) and embedded protocols (SPI, I2C, serial, microcontrollers).
 * Networking & Comms: Solid understanding of UDP/TCP, network configurations, and edge communication constraints.

Bonus Points (Preferred)

 * Advanced Autonomy / Tracking: Deep experience in sensor fusion, multi-target tracking (Kalman filters, JPDA, MHT), or multi-agent coordination.
 * Edge AI & Hardware Compute: Hands-on experience developing, optimizing, and deploying software/models on NVIDIA Jetson platforms (Orin, Xavier) or similar embedded edge compute architecture.
 * Fielded Platforms: Direct experience deploying autonomous systems in air, maritime, space, or complex mobile robotics settings.
 * Hands-On Hardware: Comfortable using oscilloscopes/logic analyzers, reading schematics, or troubleshooting hardware directly.

## Description

Our client builds multi-domain autonomous platforms operating in unscripted, high-stakes environments. They need a senior Robotics Software Engineer who can bridge the gap between core systems engineering, perception, and autonomous control.

We aren't looking for pure researchers-we need a versatile builder who can own core software architectures, make sense of noisy sensor data, and ship reliable software directly onto real hardware operating on the edge.

What You'll Be Owning

 * Core Robotics Architecture: Build low-latency, soft-real-time software foundations capable of handling asynchronous telemetry, dropped packets, and messy real-world inputs.
 * Autonomy & Estimation: Implement and tune algorithms for state estimation, sensor fusion, path planning, and track management across disparate platforms.
 * Full-Stack Robotics Integration: Move smoothly from writing high-performance C++/Rust/Go to debugging embedded interfaces, running hardware-in-the-loop tests, and supporting live field deployments.


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