Software Engineer - Robot Software Infrastructure
Develops operating-system platforms, device drivers, and infrastructure for autonomous-vehicle robotics systems. The role requires 4+ years of production software experience, strong Linux internals expertise, and proficiency in C/C++ plus scripting languages.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain the operating system platform powering vehicle devices and applications.
- Architect and implement platform-level software for robust, scalable robotics infrastructure.
- Configure and manage embedded Linux build systems, such as Yocto, and bootloader processes, such as U-Boot.
- Develop and optimize device drivers and kernel-space components using C, C++, or Rust.
- Collaborate with application software, release management, hardware engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams on OS integration and delivery.
- Triage issues and support new hardware bring-up and manufacturing functions.
Requirements
- 4+ years delivering production systems and software applications.
- Experience designing and deploying end-to-end continuous integration and validation toolchains for Linux/OS images across different hardware platforms.
- Proficiency with Linux internals, including init systems, containerization, filesystems, kernel-space development, device drivers, and systems programming.
- Programming experience with C, C++, and scripting languages such as Python and Bash.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with embedded Linux in robotics applications.
- Familiarity with PKI, secure boot, OTA software updates, and hardware key storage.
- Familiarity with Nvidia GPUs, Nvidia Thor/Orin, CUDA, and TRT.
- Graduate degree focused on networking, operating systems, or firmware.
Skills
Linux, Yocto, U-Boot, C, C++, Rust, Python, Bash, Linux Kernel, Device Drivers, Containerization, Continuous Integration, CUDA, Secure Boot, Pki
Similar jobs
Embedded Engineering jobs
Applied Intuition
Sunnyvale, CA
Develops real-time perception, sensor-control, and fusion software for heterogeneous autonomous vehicle platforms, integrating ML algorithms across sensors and embedded systems. Requires advanced engineering education or 5+ years of relevant experience, multi-modal sensing expertise, Linux/Docker proficiency, and U.S. security-clearance eligibility.
Applied Intuition
Sunnyvale, CA
Develops reliable embedded software and custom device solutions, integrating vendor components, sensors, operating systems, and communication interfaces. Requires a bachelor's degree and at least three years of relevant experience with C/C++, embedded Linux, debugging, and CI/CD tools.
OpenAI
San Francisco, CA
Build and harden OS foundations for AI consumer devices, spanning kernel, services, security, performance, and application interfaces. Requires strong systems programming in C/C++, kernel experience, and debugging skills.
Applied Intuition
Ann Arbor, MI
Develops, deploys, and maintains software for autonomous vehicles, integrating sensors, autopilots, and perception modules with hands-on field testing. Requires 5+ years experience or MS/PhD, C++/Python/Linux proficiency, and robotics knowledge.
Applied Intuition
Washington, DC
Designs and integrates C++ autonomy software with UAV hardware, autopilots, sensors, and communication systems, supporting SIL/HIL validation and live flight testing. Requires 3+ years of robotics integration experience, U.S. citizenship, and security-clearance eligibility.