Robotics Hardware Integrations Engineer

micro1; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Health insurance premium coverage up  

Paid time off

401K with company match

Remote-first workforce

Job summary

micro1 in San Francisco is seeking a Robotics Engineer to bridge hardware and software, bringing up robotic platforms, integrating sensors, and enabling researchers to prototype and deploy new capabilities.

You will design scalable data collection pipelines, implement teleoperation with low latency, and build real-time video streaming and perception hardware support using ROS 2, Ubuntu, Docker, and cloud storage.

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in Python and C++, with working knowledge of C#.
• Deep experience with ROS 2, Ubuntu/Linux, Docker, Git, and shell scripting.
• Experience integrating robotics hardware through vendor SDKs and low‑level hardware APIs.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, SSH, VPNs, REST/gRPC, and WebSockets.
• Hands-on experience building teleoperation systems and real-time video streaming infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Bring up, integrate, and maintain robotic platforms including humanoids, manipulators, mobile robots, and custom end effectors.
• Build and maintain robust integrations with ROS 2, hardware SDKs, and custom control interfaces.
• Design scalable data collection pipelines for multimodal robotics datasets using ROS Bag, HDF5, Parquet, and MP4.
• Develop reliable teleoperation systems with an emphasis on low-latency control, observability, and operator experience.
• Build and optimize real-time video streaming infrastructure using WebRTC, RTSP, FFmpeg, GStreamer, and HLS.
• Integrate, synchronize, and calibrate advanced perception hardware including RealSense, OAK-D, ZED, FLIR, GigE, and USB cameras.
• Diagnose hardware, networking, and system-level issues across lab and remote deployments.
• Improve developer tooling, automation, and documentation to increase reliability and research velocity.
• Partner with researchers and engineers to prototype, test, and iterate on new robotic capabilities.

Skills

Python and C++ programming

ROS 2

Networking fundamentals

Teleoperation systems

Multimodal sensor integration

Debugging

Adaptability

Tools

ROS 2

Ubuntu/Linux

Docker

Git

Shell scripting

WebRTC

FFmpeg

GStreamer

HLS

Job description

micro1 in San Francisco is seeking a Robotics Engineer to bridge hardware and software, bringing up robotic platforms, integrating sensors, and enabling researchers to prototype and deploy new capabilities.

You will design scalable data collection pipelines, implement teleoperation with low latency, and build real-time video streaming and perception hardware support using ROS 2, Ubuntu, Docker, and cloud storage.