Deployed Software Engineer Robotics company Mountain View, California $190k to $250k USD base a year

raydar; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Relocation support

Job summary

Raydar seeks a Deployed Software Engineer to move ML and autonomy software from lab to live outdoor operations. You will ensure reliability of installed systems, manage data flows, and work with customer teams on the ground.

The role involves hands-on development of control software, and building dashboards for customers, with occasional travel to customer sites.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years in deployment-focused software for autonomous systems.
• Experience releasing software in high-risk physical environments.
• Experience building data ingestion and cloud transfer pipelines.
• Willingness to weekend workshop work.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the health of installed systems by troubleshooting offline units, reading logs and coordinating with customers.
• Create dependable data infrastructure from device to cloud and annotation/workflow pipelines.
• Oversee internal and external annotation teams and assess model quality.
• Develop control software for self-operating equipment and expose data in customer dashboards.
• Spend time in workshops and occasional trips to customer sites to install hardware.

Skills

Deployment-focused

Robotics software

Data pipelines

Cloud transfer

Hands-on troubleshooting

On-site work

Job description

# Deployed Software EngineerRobotics company* LocationMountain View, California* TypeFull-time* Posted13 October 2026Apply for this roleTalk to us firstYou apply on Workable, where Raydar manages applications.The role, as published## About the companyOur client is a robotics company.## The roleRaydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Move machine learning and autonomy software from a workshop into live outdoor operations. Look after the reliability of installed systems, the data flows that feed them and the code running on customer equipment, partnering with colleagues on the ground.## What you'll do* **Maintain the health** of a large set of installed systems by troubleshooting offline units, reading logs and coordinating with colleagues at customer locations.* **Create dependable data infrastructure** that carries information from the device to the cloud and onward to annotation and model training workflows.* Oversee in-house and outside annotation teams and assess the quality of newly trained models.* **Develop control software** for self-operating equipment and surface its data in dashboards that customers can see.* Spend time in a hands-on workshop and make occasional trips to customer locations to install hardware and implement solutions.## What we're looking for* At least 2 years of experience in a deployment-focused, forward deployed or broad software engineering role on autonomous or robotic systems.* A history of releasing software into higher-risk physical settings where people work nearby.* Hands-on experience building data ingestion and cloud transfer pipelines plus integrations for hardware-based products.* High agency and comfort owning difficult problems from start to finish in a small, fast-moving team.* Willingness to help with some weekend workshop work.## Bonus points* Background at an early-stage company, or in robotics, heavy equipment, self-driving vehicles or deployment-focused software.* A strong academic background in a relevant technical field.* Relocation support## Location and work model* Mountain View, CA, United States* On-site, 5 days per week in office* Full-time## Compensation, as the posting describes it* EquityPay$190k to $250kUSD base a year