Software Engineer

• Design, build, and maintain production C++ and Python components of our planning stack, including motion planning, grasp selection, collision checking, and task sequencing
• Take algorithms, your own and your teammates’, from prototype to deployment, owning the architecture, performance, and robustness of the implementation
• Profile and optimize performance-critical code so planners meet real-time cycle-time targets on robot hardware
• Build the testing, simulation, and benchmarking infrastructure that lets the team change planning code with confidence
• Improve the reliability of the planning stack in the field by debugging failures from production logs, building tooling for triage, and fixing root causes
• Help raise the bar for code quality through design reviews, code reviews, and good engineering practices

You’ll design and build fast, reliable, well-tested planning systems that run on real robots every day. Your code will directly affect how many boxes come off a truck per hour and how often a robot needs a human’s help, and you’ll see those results on the warehouse floor., * 2-4 years of experience writing and shipping production software, primarily in modern C++ (C++17 or later), with working proficiency in Python

• Strong fundamentals in software design, data structures, algorithms, and performance optimization
• Experience owning components end-to-end: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing support
• Solid understanding of concurrency, memory management, and profiling tools
• A real interest in motion planning, manipulation, and grasping, and eagerness to go deep on the algorithms alongside domain experts
• Comfort working close to hardware and debugging problems that span software and the physical world, * Hands-on experience with motion planning or manipulation (e.g., sampling-based or optimization-based planners, trajectory generation, grasp planning)
• Experience with CUDA or GPU performance optimization
• Familiarity with robotics libraries and frameworks such as OMPL, Drake, FCL, or Pinocchio
• Background in 3D geometry, kinematics, or linear algebra (Eigen or similar)
• Experience with simulation environments and large-scale regression testing for robotics or other safety-critical systems
• Experience deploying software on physical robots in production environments

Pickle provides best-in-class benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance; unlimited vacation; paid federal and state holidays; 401(k) contributions of 5% of your salary; company-covered travel expenses; and other perks to make your working life more fun, comfortable, and productive.