Robotics Software Engineer — Hybrid Role with Equity

ThoughtForge AI; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12 holidays

Flexible hours

Health, Dental & Vision

Equity

Wellness stipend

Job summary

ThoughtForge AI is seeking a robotics software engineer to join the founding team building robotic arm systems. You’ll work across motion planning, control, perception, and manipulation, shaping real hardware and simulation. You’ll own meaningful pieces of the project from day one.

You’ll collaborate with a small, senior team and flex between fast prototyping and building robust, deployable systems. The role emphasizes ownership, problem solving, and clear communication as you address real-world

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• 4+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Domain knowledge of robotics such as Dynamics, Controls, Planning, Estimation, and Computer Vision.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience with C++, Git, ROS/ROS2, and Simulators (Mujoco, Gazebo, etc.).
• Documentation and Communication Skills.
• Due to the nature of this role working on US Government contracts, we’re contractually obligated to hire a US Citizen or US Green Card holder for this position.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain software that runs in both simulation and on real hardware.
• Prototype fast to prove out ideas, then do the less glamorous half: hardening what works into systems that deploy and stay up.
• Measure what the robot actually does: build the tests and metrics that catch regressions and close the gap between sim and reality.

Skills

Python

C++

ROS/ROS2

Git

Robotics basics

Documentation

Education

Bachelors in CS/Engineering

Tools

Mujoco

Gazebo

Job description

ThoughtForge AI is seeking a robotics software engineer to join the founding team building robotic arm systems. You’ll work across motion planning, control, perception, and manipulation, shaping real hardware and simulation. You’ll own meaningful pieces of the project from day one.

You’ll collaborate with a small, senior team and flex between fast prototyping and building robust, deployable systems. The role emphasizes ownership, problem solving, and clear communication as you address real-world