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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Pickle Robot Company
- **Location:** Boston, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Profiling, Software Quality, Code Review, Nvidia CUDA, Data Structures, Software Debugging, Memory Management, Eigen (C++ Library), Python (Programming Language), Kinematics, Motion Planning, Performance Tuning, Regression Testing, Software Engineering, Concurrency, Safety Critical Systems, C++14, GXP
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/software-engineer-task-motion-planning-pickle-robot-company-9893991

## About the Role

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

## Description

* 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