Robotics Software Engineer – Lab Automation & Equity (SF)

HFBAC - Hiring For and Building Awesome Companies; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

HFBAC - Hiring For and Building Awesome Companies in San Francisco seeks a Robotics Software Engineer to advance real-world labs. You will build motion planning, trajectory optimization, and vision-enabled control for robot arms operating in dynamic lab environments.

You will ship software to physical hardware, collaborate with scientists at customer sites, and own major parts of the robotics stack. On-site five days a week, you’ll join a fast-growing team with competitive equity and visa

Qualifications

• 1–8 years in robotics software.
• Strong in Python, with C++ a plus.
• Shipped software to physical robot hardware.
• Experience in motion planning, kinematics, dynamics or control.
• Degree in robotics, CS, EECS, electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Bonus: manipulation or pick-and-place work, lab automation, MuJoCo or PyBullet.
• Real ownership of major parts of the robotics stack.
• Broad scope, with deployment, platform and project lead work rather than one narrow track.

Responsibilities

• Build motion planning and trajectory optimization for robot arms in busy, changing lab environments.
• Ship code that runs on physical hardware, testing across simulation and real robots.
• Use computer vision so robots can handle equipment designed for human hands.
• Work directly with partner scientists at customer sites to solve their problems.

Skills

Python

C++

Education

Robotics, CS, EECS, electrical or mechanical engineering degree

Tools

MuJoCo

PyBullet

Job description

HFBAC - Hiring For and Building Awesome Companies in San Francisco seeks a Robotics Software Engineer to advance real-world labs. You will build motion planning, trajectory optimization, and vision-enabled control for robot arms operating in dynamic lab environments.

You will ship software to physical hardware, collaborate with scientists at customer sites, and own major parts of the robotics stack. On-site five days a week, you’ll join a fast-growing team with competitive equity and visa