Lead Robotics Software Engineer for Vehicle AI & Systems

Auxo Talent; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & equity

Disability and commuter benefits

Flexible working days & unlimited PTO

Job summary

Auxo Talent partners with an early-stage robotics company in San Francisco seeking a Lead Robotics Software Engineer to shape the platform’s technology and engineering organization.

This hands-on leadership role combines software development, robotics AI, system architecture and team building, with significant influence over technical direction. You will mentor engineers, work with hardware teams, deploy production-quality software, and drive scalable robotics software across multi-modal sensors.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of robotics AI/ML experience for vehicles or autonomous platforms.
• PhD or advanced degree in Robotics, CS, AI/ML or related discipline.
• 8+ years working with AI/ML or robotics software for automated or semi-automated vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve AI/ML models supporting perception, prediction, tracking and localisation.
• Design and evolve the core robotics software architecture for scalability as platform and fleet grow.
• Work with multi-modal sensor data to develop robust vehicle perception and AI capabilities.
• Build data collection, evaluation and validation pipelines to support rapid model and software iteration.
• Write, review and deploy production-quality software into real-world environments.
• Establish engineering best practices and shape the team's technical roadmap.
• Mentor engineers, interns and contractors while supporting recruitment and onboarding.
• Collaborate with hardware and robotics teams to solve system-level challenges.

Skills

Robotics AI/ML

Multi-modal sensor data

Software architecture

Production-grade software

Team leadership

AI/ML deployment

Education

PhD or advanced degree in Robotics/CS/AI

Tools

LLM/AI coding tools

Robotics hardware integration

Job description

Auxo Talent partners with an early-stage robotics company in San Francisco seeking a Lead Robotics Software Engineer to shape the platform’s technology and engineering organization.

This hands-on leadership role combines software development, robotics AI, system architecture and team building, with significant influence over technical direction. You will mentor engineers, work with hardware teams, deploy production-quality software, and drive scalable robotics software across multi-modal sensors.