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Senior Robotics Software Engineer at Spacer Robotics
Cox Exponential
San FranciscoOn-site3mo ago
- Employment
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Senior
About the role
- Robotics Software Stack: Develop and maintain our ROS-based control systems for real-time robotic motion and coordination for our rebar-tying robot GRID
- Embedded Systems: Strong skills in C++ for embedded platforms, optimizing for reliability and low-latency
- Sensor Integration: Interface with cameras, lidar, IMUs, and encoders to build robust perception and feedback loops
- Hardware-Software Integration: Work closely with hardware engineers to debug, calibrate, and optimize the full system, including the construction tasks specific mechanisms
- Motion Planning & Control: Implement kinematics, trajectory planning, and control algorithms for smooth, natural movement
- Production-Ready Systems: Build the monitoring, diagnostics, and update infrastructure needed for manufacturing a high-volume product that is aimed at navigating the construction environment & outdoors temperatures and weather conditions.
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong C++ skills—you're comfortable with performance optimization, memory management, and debugging complex systems
- Python proficiency for scripting, testing, and rapid prototyping
- Experience with sensors, cameras, motors, or embedded systems in a professional context
- Excellent debugging skills—you know how to track down issues across hardware, firmware, and software
- High energy and enthusiasm for building physical products
- Based in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area. Our team works in-person which is essential for hardware development
- ROS/ROS2 experience
- Shipped a robotics product or worked on production robotic systems or similar (cars, automation of equipment, other robotics applications, etc)
- Embedded development experience
- Computer vision, sensor fusion, or perception experience
- Background in controls, kinematics, or motion planning
- Experience working in high pace, early stage startups
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