Principal Real-Time Infra & Systems Engineer for Medical Robotics

Magnendo Corp.; Newton (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Magnendo Corp. seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead the selection, configuration, and development of our core software infrastructure, including OS selection, real-time orchestration, IPC, and hardware support.

You will build robust logging and playback systems, drive design decisions through prototyping and testing, and define requirements, test plans, and acceptance criteria for infrastructure components. Collaboration with robotics and hardware teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in systems and infrastructure software engineering.
• A software engineer who wants to build extensible, maintainable, high quality systems.
• Experience with production software development in high reliability environments, preferably under a regulatory regime.
• Strong individual contributor with potential to grow into leading a small team.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and technical direction of core software infrastructure (OS selection/configuration, real-time orchestration, IPC, hardware support).
• Build and maintain logging, recording, and playback systems for debugging and root-cause analysis.
• Drive design decisions using first-principles engineering, prototyping, and hands-on testing.
• Define and review requirements, test plans, and acceptance criteria for infrastructure components.
• Collaborate with robotics, systems, and hardware engineers.
• Support risk analysis, design reviews, and root-cause investigations for infrastructure and systems software.
• Ensure software development follows a rigorous high-reliability process with a regulatory V-model.

Skills

Python

C++

Linux

Software architecture

Team leadership

Tools

GIT

Yocto

Gentoo

Job description

Magnendo Corp. seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead the selection, configuration, and development of our core software infrastructure, including OS selection, real-time orchestration, IPC, and hardware support.

You will build robust logging and playback systems, drive design decisions through prototyping and testing, and define requirements, test plans, and acceptance criteria for infrastructure components. Collaboration with robotics and hardware teams is essential.