Founding Software Engineer, Robotics Platform

EVONA; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Founding equity

Relocation assistance

Job summary

EVONA is a stealth-mode robotics startup seeking a Founding Software Engineer to help build the shared software layer for autonomous machines. You will design core robotics software and integrations, requiring strong C++ skills, ROS/ROS2 experience, and hands-on work with hardware and production robotic systems.

This is an onsite role in Santa Monica. As an early team member, you will own significant architecture decisions, lead multi-robot integration efforts, and help shape the platform from

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience in robotics or autonomous systems.
• Hands-on experience building software for robotics or autonomous systems.
• Experience with ROS/ROS2 is strongly preferred.
• Software that has interacted with physical robots, sensors, hardware, or autonomous platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build core software integrations for new robot and OEM platforms.
• Develop reusable interfaces, drivers, and middleware to connect robotic systems.
• Implement task orchestration software for coordinating heterogeneous robot fleets.
• Design architecture for a scalable, manufacturer-agnostic robotics platform.
• Create simulation and testing loops using real-world inputs and outputs.
• Develop rapid prototypes that evolve into production-grade infrastructure.
• Enable AI-driven development workflows to accelerate engineering and iteration.

Skills

C++

Robotics software

ROS/ROS2

Linux

Real-time systems

Distributed systems

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Gazebo

NVIDIA Omniverse

Isaac Sim

Job description

EVONA is a stealth-mode robotics startup seeking a Founding Software Engineer to help build the shared software layer for autonomous machines. You will design core robotics software and integrations, requiring strong C++ skills, ROS/ROS2 experience, and hands-on work with hardware and production robotic systems.

This is an onsite role in Santa Monica. As an early team member, you will own significant architecture decisions, lead multi-robot integration efforts, and help shape the platform from