Robotics Platform Architect - Senior/Staff

Roboforce; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

RoboForce is hiring Senior / Staff Software Engineers to build the foundations that make our robots useful, reliable and maintainable. You will work on on-robot systems, fleet services and engineering tools, connecting robot capabilities with people and systems in demanding industrial environments.

Responsibilities span software architecture, runtime, data services, and developer workflows, with independent ownership at senior levels and leadership across teams.

Qualifications

• Strong production programming, design and debugging skills in languages relevant to your area.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement shared libraries and clear contracts for commands, state, execution and compatibility across robot capabilities.
• Build reliable computing and runtime foundations, including target builds, configuration, startup, readiness, hardware integration and recovery.
• Develop services for robot health, telemetry, incident evidence, recording access and software delivery visibility across unreliable networks.
• Create tools and infrastructure that make integration, deployment, diagnosis and validation more repeatable and efficient.
• Take a substantial workstream from design and implementation through integration, deployment, investigation and improvement.
• Use tests, traces and operational evidence to understand behavior and validate changes, including AI-assisted implementation.
• Work across component boundaries, communicate trade-offs and help other engineers build on your work. At Staff level, lead cross-team architecture, migration and adoption.

Skills

C++

Python

Go

Linux/Embedded

Education

BS/MS in CS/CE/Robotics

Tools

ROS 2

CI/CD

Job description

RoboForce is hiring Senior / Staff Software Engineers to build the foundations that make our robots useful, reliable and maintainable. You will work on on-robot systems, fleet services and engineering tools, connecting robot capabilities with people and systems in demanding industrial environments.

Responsibilities span software architecture, runtime, data services, and developer workflows, with independent ownership at senior levels and leadership across teams.