# Robotics Integration Engineer

**Company:** [Cyngn](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cyngn)
**Location:** Mountain View, CA
**Role:** Embedded Engineering
**Salary:** $153k – $171k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** C++, Python, Shell Scripting, Linux, Lidar, Ros 2, Can Bus, Docker, Aws Greengrass, Gazebo
**Posted:** 2026-01-15

> Integrate sensors, CAN bus, and vehicle software into production-ready autonomous industrial vehicle systems. Requires 2-4+ years robotics/embedded experience with strong C++, Python, and Linux skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Integrate and validate sensors such as LiDAR, cameras, IMU/GNSS, and other vehicle hardware.
- Own mission-critical system pieces: state management, health monitoring, diagnostics, logging, and fleet-ready tooling.
- Work on vehicle communications including CAN bus (interfaces, message handling, reliability, basic ECU/firmware touchpoints).
- Build and maintain the glue that makes the stack work: drivers, bring-up scripts, config management, calibration workflows, and time synchronization basics.
- Troubleshoot complex issues across hardware + software + networking (timing drift, dropped frames, driver issues, flaky connections, bandwidth constraints).
- Profile and optimize performance for real-time-ish workloads (high-bandwidth sensor streams, CPU/memory bottlenecks, startup stability).
- Help create and maintain integration tests and validation workflows (reproducible tests, automated checks, regression catches, log replay).
- Collaborate across perception, localization, controls, and product teams to integrate systems cleanly and ship improvements quickly.
- Write clear documentation for integration procedures, system configuration, and "how to debug this when it breaks."

## Requirements
- 2–4+ years in robotics integration, autonomy, embedded/systems engineering, or adjacent experience working close to hardware.
- Strong programming ability in C++ (systems/performance-critical code), Python (tooling, automation, integration glue), and Shell scripting (Linux workflows, debugging, automation).
- Solid experience with Linux (Ubuntu), including building, packaging, and running systems in the field.
- Comfort with sensor + hardware bring-up (drivers, calibration workflows, time sync concepts, logs, reproducible setup).
- Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/UDP, bandwidth/latency tradeoffs, basic multicast, and debugging with common tools).
- Strong debugging instincts: you can form a hypothesis, gather evidence, and drive to root cause across layers.
- Clear communicator with good documentation habits and a low-ego, team-first approach.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with ROS 2 (nodes, launch, TF2, bags, QoS) or other robotics middleware frameworks.
- Experience with CAN tooling (SocketCAN, DBC workflows) and/or ECU/firmware update flows.
- Experience with containerized deployments (e.g., Docker) or production deployment patterns on vehicles.
- Familiarity with profiling tools (perf, top/htop, valgrind, gdb) and performance tuning.
- Exposure to OTA / device management systems (e.g., AWS Greengrass) or fleet rollout practices.
- Understanding of safety-oriented development practices (fault handling, watchdogs, redundancy concepts).
- Experience with simulation environments (e.g., NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Gazebo, or similar) for integration and regression testing.
- CI/CD experience for robotics stacks (automated builds/tests, hardware-in-the-loop or log replay workflows).

## Compensation & Benefits
- Health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA and FSA (Health & Dependent Daycare), Employee Assistance Program, 1:1 Health Concierge)
- Life, Short-term and long-term disability insurance (Cyngn funds 100% of premiums)
- Company 401(k)
- Commuter Benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
- Remote or hybrid work opportunities
- Sabbatical leave opportunity after 5 years with the company
- Paid Parental Leave
- Daily lunches for in-office employees
- Monthly meal and tech allowances for remote employees

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