Senior Robotics Software Engineer

• Serve as the technical lead for the software of robotic automation projects from feasibility through deployment, translating loosely defined needs into software requirements, acceptance criteria, and a technical plan with identified risks and mitigations.
• Define software problems and break project scope into well-scoped tasks with clear requirements, interfaces, and acceptance criteria; assign them to other team members based on their skills and development needs; and track progress, review deliverables, and integrate the results into a working system.
• Serve as the primary technical consultant for the project team, including technical discussions with customers, unblocking others and guiding their approach rather than defaulting to doing the work yourself.
• Help develop software effort estimates for projects and proposals based on technical scope and risk, and flag early when technical findings change those estimates.
• Architect the project application in C#, .NET, WPF, and MVVM on top of the common software platform, defining module boundaries, interfaces, and test strategy, and set project-level conventions consistent with company standards.
• Lead robot integration for the cell on Fanuc and other 6-axis industrial robots, including multi-robot and external-axis coordination and the communication architecture between robots, PLCs, sensors, and cell software.
• Decide which device-integration components for cameras, laser profilometers, ultrasonic probes, PLCs, motor controllers, and digital I/O become reusable across projects, and define the integration patterns other engineers follow.
• Own motion planning for the full cell, including trajectory generation, collision avoidance, and offline programming, and resolve tradeoffs between reach, cycle time, accuracy, and process quality across subsystems.
• Lead 3D vision and localization for the cell, including point-cloud processing and vision-guided robot correction, and ensure the vision, calibration, and motion subsystems work together to meet system-level accuracy.
• Define accuracy and cycle-time error budgets for robotic cells, own calibration methods for robot, tool, camera, and workpiece frames, and design the validation tests that prove the system meets its requirements.
• Implement and verify the software side of cell safety, including Fanuc DCS or equivalent safe zones, speed limits, and safety I/O, in coordination with the controls team and the cell risk assessment.
• Drive cell-level performance and reliability, including communication timing between robots and devices, fault handling and recovery, and diagnostics that make field issues traceable.
• Lead on-site commissioning and troubleshooting independently, make technical decisions in the field, drive root-cause analysis when automated systems underperform, and communicate technical impacts to the project team.
• Mentor other team members through design reviews, code reviews, and pairing on difficult integration problems.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related field; Master’s degree is a plus.
• 9+ years of professional software development experience, with a substantial portion in industrial robotics or automation.
• Expert-level C# and object-oriented design skills, with a record of building and maintaining production applications.
• Deep experience with .NET, Dependency Injection, WPF, and MVVM, including making architecture decisions for multi-module applications.
• Experience setting up branching strategies, automated testing, and code review practices for a project team using Visual Studio and Git.
• Strong applied mathematics, including linear algebra, coordinate transformations, kinematics, and the error analysis needed to build accuracy budgets.
• Hands-on experience integrating 6-axis industrial robots (Fanuc, ABB, KUKA, Yaskawa, or similar) in delivered systems, including multi-robot or external-axis cells.
• Demonstrated experience delivering motion planning and collision avoidance for complete robotic cells.
• Practical experience with machine vision using OpenCV, Cognex, Keyence, or comparable tools, including 3D vision and point-cloud processing.
• Track record integrating sensors, PLCs, motion controllers, and industrial communication protocols, and designing the communication architecture for a robotic cell.
• Led the software on at least two delivered robotic systems from concept through customer acceptance.
• Experience leading the technical work of a small team, including problem definition, task breakdown, delegation, and review of other engineers’ work.
• Experience developing software effort estimates from technical scope and risk.
• Experience configuring robot safety functions such as Fanuc DCS; familiarity with ISO 10218 or ANSI/RIA R15.06 is a plus.
• Experience with robotic simulation and offline programming software, such as FANUC ROBOGUIDE, and with CAD-based path generation is a plus.
• Clear technical communication, including documenting design decisions and explaining tradeoffs to the project team and customers.

This position is a strong fit for an experienced engineer who wants to lead the technical side of complete robotic systems, solve the hardest integration problems hands-on, and help other engineers grow.

Viable Engineering Solutions is a world-class concept-to-completion center for the industrial market. We take Research and Development to the next level providing rapid prototyping, robotics, automation, and non-destructive testing solutions in our state-of-the-art concept-to-completion facility. We are located in Orlando in the heart of the Central Florida Research Park.