Senior Robotics Software Engineer – Perception & Firmware

John Holland Group; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 271,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Mytra’s robotics team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop software for perception and robotics firmware across our fleet. You will collaborate across hardware and software teams, own firmware development through the product lifecycle, and contribute to real-time embedded systems critical to robot performance.

You will deliver high-quality code, implement real-time software, drive architectural decisions, and lead prototype integration from bring-up through testing in alpha/beta

Qualifications

• BS in Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent
• Strong experience with Python, particularly focused on application and process level development
• Experience with C/C++/Rust and system level environments
• Demonstrated ability to break down complex problems into actionable incremental progress in a continuous integration development environment
• Experience coding in concurrent and multithreaded environments
• Understanding of electromechanical systems, kinematics, and robotics control
• Experience with network communication technologies, including CAN, Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, and pub/sub frameworks like NATS
• Understanding of how hardware changes affect robotics software and vice-versa
• Understanding of Git and software version management
• Strong knowledge of software design and maintainability patterns
• Preferred experience in embedded software and/or firmware development
• Ability to fluently interpret system data to root cause logged faults and build robust diagnostic tools

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality code across many layers of the robotics software stack
• Implement highly performant and real time code for perception and critical control functions
• Identify performance, maintainability, and reliability of code changes
• Contribute to the complete life cycle of software features including feature definition, implementation, test plan, and roll out strategy
• Assess and contribute to long-term architectural decisions as software evolves
• Lead and manage integration of initial prototype systems including bring-up, debug, and engineering test of alpha and beta phase prototype robots

Skills

Python

C/C++/Rust

Multithreading

CI/CD

Git

Debugging

Real-time systems

Robotics control

Education

BS in Mechatronics/ Electrical/ Computer Engineering or equivalent

Tools

CAN

Ethernet

TCP/IP

UDP

NATS

Linux

Job description

Mytra’s robotics team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop software for perception and robotics firmware across our fleet. You will collaborate across hardware and software teams, own firmware development through the product lifecycle, and contribute to real-time embedded systems critical to robot performance.

You will deliver high-quality code, implement real-time software, drive architectural decisions, and lead prototype integration from bring-up through testing in alpha/beta