Autonomy-Driven Robotics Software Engineer (C++/Python)

Simbe, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Simbe Robotics in San Francisco is seeking a strong Python and C++ engineer to join our robot software engineering team on the Tally autonomous robots. You will work on driving the Tally stack, including navigation, perception, autonomous behaviors, hardware drivers, cloud integration, and infrastructure management.

You will maintain and extend the Tally software stack, develop new packages for reuse across Simbe teams, advance autonomy and HRI behaviors, assist in DevOps and CI/CD, and evaluate

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related field highly recommended but not required.
• 2 years of industry experience
• Extremely adept in both C++ and Python programming
• Proficient in shell scripting, preferably with Bash and Python
• Good understanding of the Robot Operating System (ROS) and core concepts such as nodes, messages, topics, services, parameters, build system, etc. Understanding of both ROS1 and ROS2 is strongly preferred
• Experience writing ROS nodes
• Well-versed in source control systems, particularly Git
• Experience working with Ubuntu or other Debian-based Linux distributions
• Familiarity with modern software development methodologies (e.g. continuous integration/deployment, scrum, automated regression testing)
• Experience in packaging and deploying software in production environments

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and extending the Tally software stack
• Working on and developing new software packages to be shared across Simbe software teams
• Improving Tally's autonomy, navigation, perception, and human-robot interaction (HRI) behaviors
• Assist in our ongoing Devops & CI/CD development
• Evaluating third-party SW (ROS, etc.) packages for integration into our stack

Skills

Python

C++

Shell scripting

Git

ROS

ROS1/ROS2

Ubuntu/Linux

CI/CD

DevOps

Software debugging

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

NVIDIA Jetson platform

Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Redis

Ubuntu

Job description

Simbe Robotics in San Francisco is seeking a strong Python and C++ engineer to join our robot software engineering team on the Tally autonomous robots. You will work on driving the Tally stack, including navigation, perception, autonomous behaviors, hardware drivers, cloud integration, and infrastructure management.

You will maintain and extend the Tally software stack, develop new packages for reuse across Simbe teams, advance autonomy and HRI behaviors, assist in DevOps and CI/CD, and evaluate