Autonomous Roof Robotics Software Engineer (ROS 2)

Horizon Roofing, Inc.; Waite Park (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Wage

Health Benefits

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

Employer events

Clothing Store

Date Night reimbursement

Job summary

Horizon Roofing, Inc. in Waite Park, MN is hiring to take ownership of the software that runs autonomous roof-cleaning and material-handling robots. You’ll move a working prototype into daily, dependable production used by crews on real roofs.

You’ll work directly with the owner, iterate on field feedback, and implement end-to-end robotics solutions with Ros2, GNSS, lidar, and rugged hardware for outdoor environments.

Qualifications

• Experience building software for mobile robots or autonomous vehicles that ship to real users.
• Strong ROS 2 experience: Nav2, localization or sensor fusion, behavior trees, lifecycle management.
• Proficiency in Python and C++ on Linux, and comfort with embedded compute.

Responsibilities

• Own the robot codebase end to end: navigation, localization, multi-robot coordination, iPhone interface, and reliability on field robots.
• Achieve centimeter-accurate RTK positioning, heading, and roof-edge boundaries.
• Build robot-to-robot coordination: following, queuing, handoffs at moving equipment.
• Integrate hardware: GNSS, UWB, IMUs, load cells, status lights, and new attachments.
• Maintain one codebase with simulation matching field, tests, GitHub PRs, and OTA updates.
• Spend time on roofs with crews to observe issues and fix them.
• Collaborate daily with AI coding tools to move fast.

Skills

ROS 2

Navigation

Localization

Multi-robot coordination

Python

C++

Linux

NVIDIA Jetson

GNSS/RTK

LiDAR

IMU

Field debugging

Explain robot decisions

Tools

NVIDIA Jetson

Gazebo/Isaac Sim

GitHub CI/CD

Job description

Horizon Roofing, Inc. in Waite Park, MN is hiring to take ownership of the software that runs autonomous roof-cleaning and material-handling robots. You’ll move a working prototype into daily, dependable production used by crews on real roofs.

You’ll work directly with the owner, iterate on field feedback, and implement end-to-end robotics solutions with Ros2, GNSS, lidar, and rugged hardware for outdoor environments.