Robotics Infrastructure Platform Engineer

ArcBest Corporation

Fort Smith (AR)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

ArcBest in Fort Smith, AR, is seeking a Robotics Software Engineer III - Infrastructure to design scalable infrastructure across the robotics software lifecycle. You will standardize CI/CD, manage artifacts, and enable SIL/HIL and ML model deployment workflows.

Ideal candidates have 4 years in software infrastructure or DevOps, strong Linux and container skills, and experience with ROS/ROS2 and MLOps. The role emphasizes reliability, traceability, and compliance within autonomy systems.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field is required.
Master's Degree or equivalent industry experience in robotics, autonomous systems, or distributed systems preferred.
4 years of experience in software infrastructure, platform engineering, or DevOps position(s) preferred.

Responsibilities

Design and enable shared infrastructure supporting the end-to-end robotics software lifecycle: Source, Build, Test, Simulate, Deploy, Monitor.
Standardize build systems and CI/CD pipelines across robotics software, embedded systems, and simulation environments.
Define and manage artifact versioning strategies for software binaries, firmware, configuration, calibration data, maps, and vehicle-specific parameters.
Establish platform standards, reference architectures, and best practices used across multiple product teams.
Enable large-scale Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), and regression simulation workflows.
Integrate simulation results into CI pipelines with clear pass/fail criteria and reporting.
Support scenario-based testing, coverage tracking, and regression analysis.
Provide infrastructure and tooling to improve correlation between simulation results and real-world vehicle behavior in collaboration with simulation and vehicle integration teams.