Robotics Software Engineer — Automation & Systems Integration

Maxwell Bond; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxwell Bond is seeking a Robotics Software Engineer in Austin to advance motion execution and cross-system coordination for autonomous robots. You will bridge high-level autonomy decisions to reliable physical execution, improving cycle time and recovery from real-world failures.

You will work across software and hardware boundaries, diagnose system-level issues, and turn performance data into practical improvements on deployed robots.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of professional experience developing software for deployed robotic or automation systems.
• Proficiency in modern C++ and Python in a production environment.
• Experience developing with ROS or ROS 2 on Linux.
• Hands-on experience integrating software with physical robots, actuators, sensors or industrial automation equipment.
• Working knowledge of robot kinematics, motion planning, trajectory execution and controller interfaces.
• Experience with behaviour trees, state machines or similar task-orchestration frameworks.
• Strong debugging skills across software, communications, controls and hardware interfaces.
• Ability to design, test and deliver reliable software across subsystem boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve software for robot trajectory execution, task sequencing and hardware coordination.
• Profile robot cycles and reduce delays across motion planning, trajectory execution, end-effector operation, sensing and interaction with external equipment.
• Build and maintain reusable, validated robot motions for common operating scenarios and integrate them with online planning.
• Extend behaviour trees or state machines for autonomous task execution, event-driven coordination, fault handling and recovery.
• Integrate motion-planning outputs with industrial robot controllers, hardware interfaces and safety constraints.
• Diagnose production issues using logs, telemetry, simulation and testing on physical robots.
• Add instrumentation, automated tests, regression tests and hardware validation for execution and autonomy software.
• Collaborate with perception, motion planning, controls, hardware, test and deployment engineers on cross-system improvements.
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to system architecture and technical planning.

Skills

C++

Python

ROS/ROS2

Linux

Robot hardware integration

Kinematics

Behavior trees

Debugging

Software architecture

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Robotics/CS/EE/ME or related

Tools

ROS/ROS2

MoveIt

OMPL

Ruckig

ros2_control

Job description

Maxwell Bond is seeking a Robotics Software Engineer in Austin to advance motion execution and cross-system coordination for autonomous robots. You will bridge high-level autonomy decisions to reliable physical execution, improving cycle time and recovery from real-world failures.

You will work across software and hardware boundaries, diagnose system-level issues, and turn performance data into practical improvements on deployed robots.