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# Robotics Software Engineer

- **Company:** BONSAI ROBOTICS INC.
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $210,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Complex Networks, Software Debugging, Linux, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Motion Planning, Software Engineering, Software Organization, Robot Operating System, Low Latency
- **Published:** August 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/397530d9-b5aa-4e2f-a9a3-f8b97ccfb5c1

## About the Role

* You have 4 or more years of relevant experience across applied robotics and software engineering positions
 * You hold a BS, MS, or PhD in related field
 * You have shipped real production robots to real customers
 * You are familiar with C++ and ROS2 software development best practices, including testing and CI/CD pipelines
 * You have experience debugging problems outside of your area of expertise and across the hardware / software boundary
 * You are comfortable working in a Linux environment

Bonus

 * You have expertise in solving path planning and optimization problems in low latency constrained compute environments
 * You have experience developing with Rust in a production environment

## Description

We are looking for a talented Senior Robotics Software Engineer with expertise in robotics software development to join our innovative team. In this role, you will design and develop the autonomous tractor software guiding all behavior in agricultural and other complex network and GPS denied environments. You'll own mission critical systems for navigation, task execution, and state management across many unique form factors and customer needs. You'll work with a state of the art AI and ML team building the future of general purpose robotics.


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