C++ Robotics Software Engineer for Autonomous Ground Robots

Pave Talent

Philadelphia (Philadelphia County)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+
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Annual Bonus
Equity
Relocation Assistance
Flexible Time Off
Medical Insurance

Job summary

Pave Talent is seeking a production C++ engineer to design and maintain production code for autonomous ground robots running on real hardware in Philadelphia on-site. You will contribute to the development environment and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring robust builds with CMake on Linux. The role requires 2+ years in robotics or related industries and strong C++17/20 skills.

Candidates must be permanent U.S. residents and able to work on-site in Philadelphia, with the ability to collaborate across

Qualifications

  • Requires at least 2 years of industry experience with complex physical products (robotics, aerospace, or automation).
  • Strong proficiency in C++17/20.

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain production C++ code for autonomous ground robots running on real hardware.
  • Develop and manage the engineering environment, including GitLab CI/CD pipelines, CMake build systems, and Linux development environments.

Skills

Modern C++
Linux Development
CI/CD Pipelines
CMake
Git
System Architecture
Unit Testing
Integration Testing
RAII
Smart Pointers
Concurrency
API Design
ROS/ROS 2
Embedded Linux
Performance Profiling
Docker

Tools

GitLab CI/CD
Docker
CMake
ROS/ROS 2
CI/CD tooling

Job description

Pave Talent is seeking a production C++ engineer to design and maintain production code for autonomous ground robots running on real hardware in Philadelphia on-site. You will contribute to the development environment and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring robust builds with CMake on Linux. The role requires 2+ years in robotics or related industries and strong C++17/20 skills.

Candidates must be permanent U.S. residents and able to work on-site in Philadelphia, with the ability to collaborate across

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