Robotics Integration Engineer

Cyngn Inc.; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Company 401(k)

Flexible vacation

Remote/hybrid policy

Daily lunches and stocked kitchen

Meal allowances for remote employees

Disability insurance

Sabbatical after 5 years

Job summary

Cyngn Inc. in Mountain View, CA, seeks a Robotics Integration Engineer (Mid–Junior) to bring autonomy to life by integrating hardware, sensors and vehicle software into a reliable, production‑ready stack.

You will work hands‑on with Linux systems, real sensors, and real vehicles, partnering with senior robotics and platform engineers to deliver stable, debuggable systems in industrial environments. The role focuses on sensor integration, state management, and robust CAN communications, with

Qualifications

• 2–4+ years in robotics integration, autonomy, embedded/systems engineering, or adjacent hardware‑oriented roles.
• Strong programming ability in C++ and shell scripting for Linux workflows.
• Solid experience with Linux (Ubuntu), including building, packaging, and running field systems.
• Comfort with sensor + hardware bring‑up, calibration, time synchronization, and logs.
• Understanding of basic networking concepts and debugging across hardware/software layers.

Responsibilities

• Integrate and validate sensors (LiDAR, cameras, IMU/GNSS) and vehicle hardware.
• Own mission‑critical pieces: state management, health monitoring, diagnostics, logging.
• Work on vehicle communications including CAN bus and basic ECU/firmware touchpoints.
• Build and maintain glue that enables stack operation: drivers, bring‑up scripts, config management.
• Troubleshoot issues across hardware, software, and networking components.
• Profile and optimize real‑time-ish data workloads and improve startup stability.
• Help create integration tests and validation workflows with reproducible tests and log replay.
• Collaborate with perception, localization, controls, and product teams to ship improvements.
• Write documentation for integration procedures and debugging guides.

Skills

Robotics integration

C++

Shell scripting

Linux (Ubuntu)

Sensor bring-up

Networking fundamentals

Debugging

Documentation

Tools

ROS 2

CAN tooling

Docker

Job description

Based in Mountain View, CA, Cyngn is a publicly-traded autonomous technology company. We deploy self-driving industrial vehicles - specifically autonomous tuggers - to factories, warehouses, and other facilities throughout North America. To build this emergent technology, we are looking for innovative, motivated, and experienced leaders to join us and move this field forward. If you like to build, tinker, and create with a team of trusted and passionate colleagues, then Cyngn is the place for you. Key reasons to join Cyngn:

We are small and big.

With under 100 employees, Cyngn operates with the energy of a startup. On the other hand, we’re publicly traded. This means our employees not only work in close-knit teams with mentorship from company leaders—they also get access to the liquidity of our publicly-traded equity.

We build today and deploy tomorrow.

Our autonomous vehicles aren’t just test concepts—they’re deployed to real clients right now. That means your work will have a tangible, visible impact.

We aren’t robots. We just develop them.

We’re a welcoming, diverse team of sharp thinkers and kind humans. Collaboration and trust drive our creative environment. At Cyngn, everyone’s perspective matters—and that’s what powers our innovation.

About the role

• Cyngn builds autonomous industrial vehicle solutions that run in real warehouses and outdoor yards—not demos. As a Robotics Integration Engineer (Mid–Junior), you’ll help bring autonomy to life by integrating hardware + sensors + vehicle software into a reliable, production-ready stack.
• This is a hands‑on role working with Linux systems, real sensors, and real vehicles—partnering closely with senior robotics, autonomy, and platform engineers to ship systems that are stable, debuggable, and performant in industrial environments.

What you'll do

• Integrate and validate sensors such as LiDAR, cameras, IMU/GNSS, and other vehicle hardware.
• Own mission‑critical system pieces: state management, health monitoring, diagnostics, logging, and fleet‑ready tooling.
• Work on vehicle communications including CAN bus (interfaces, message handling, reliability, basic ECU/firmware touchpoints).
• Build and maintain the glue that makes the stack work: drivers, bring‑up scripts, config management, calibration workflows, and time synchronization basics.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across hardware + software + networking (timing drift, dropped frames, driver issues, flaky connections, bandwidth constraints).
• Profile and optimize performance for real‑time-ish workloads (high‑bandwidth sensor streams, CPU/memory bottlenecks, startup stability).
• Help create and maintain integration tests and validation workflows (reproducible tests, automated checks, regression catches, log replay).
• Collaborate across perception, localization, controls, and product teams to integrate systems cleanly and ship improvements quickly.
• Write clear documentation for integration procedures, system configuration, and “how to debug this when it breaks.”

Qualifications

• 2–4+ years in robotics integration, autonomy, embedded/systems engineering, or adjacent experience working close to hardware.
• Strong programming ability in:
• C++ (systems/performance‑critical code)
• Shell scripting (Linux workflows, debugging, automation)
• Solid experience with Linux (Ubuntu), including building, packaging, and running systems in the field.
• Comfort with sensor + hardware bring‑up (drivers, calibration workflows, time sync concepts, logs, reproducible setup).
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/UDP, bandwidth/latency tradeoffs, basic multicast, and debugging with common tools).
• Strong debugging instincts: you can form a hypothesis, gather evidence, and drive to root cause across layers.
• Clear communicator with good documentation habits and a low‑ego, team‑first approach.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with ROS 2 (nodes, launch, TF2, bags, QoS) or other robotics middleware frameworks.
• Experience with CAN tooling (SocketCAN, DBC workflows) and/or ECU/firmware update flows.
• Experience with containerized deployments (e.g., Docker) or production deployment patterns on vehicles.
• Familiarity with profiling tools (perf, top/htop, valgrind, gdb) and performance tuning.
• Exposure to OTA / device management systems (e.g., AWS Greengrass) or fleet rollout practices.
• Understanding of safety‑oriented development practices (fault handling, watchdogs, redundancy concepts).
• Experience with simulation environments (e.g., NVIDIA Isaac Sim , Gazebo, or similar) for integration and regression testing.
• CI/CD experience for robotics stacks (automated builds/tests, hardware‑in‑the‑loop or log replay workflows).
• Health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA and FSA (Health & Dependent Daycare), Employee Assistance Program, 1:1 Health Concierge)
• Life, Short‑term and long‑term disability insurance (Cyngn funds 100% of premiums)
• Company 401(k)
• Flexible vacation policy
• Remote or hybrid work opportunities
• Sabbatical leave opportunity after 5 years with the company
• Daily lunches for in‑office employees and fully‑stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages
• Monthly meal and tech allowances for remote employees

$153,000 - $171,000 a year

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