Robotics Software Engineer — Real‑World Planning & Control

Linuxconfig; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free lunch

Flexible PTO

Health insurance

Parental leave

401(k) plan

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Path Robotics is seeking a Robotics Software Engineer to tackle hard systems problems across perception, planning, and real-time control. You’ll write modern C++ for perception, motion planning, and live robot cells, validating plans and ensuring safe, executable trajectories.

Join a team that blends classical robotics with learning-based methods, shipping field-ready software for mobile and fixed workcells, with strong engineering practices and opportunities for growth in a fast‑growing company.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or Mathematics (or equivalent).
• 2–4 years building robotics software in modern C++ (Python a strong plus).
• Hands-on experience with real-time robotics, motion control, or controls software.
• Comfortable with multithreading, concurrency, and debugging systems-level behavior.
• Fluent with Linux and Git, and familiar with CI/CD practices.
• Bonus for learning-based methods, SLAM/navigation, or ROS experience.

Responsibilities

• Build motion and trajectory planning for a variety of task goals with sensor-driven motions and multi-robot coordination.
• Develop kinematics, reachability, and motion planning and validate plans to ensure collision-free, executable motion.
• Create real-time control and feedback loops, including trajectory correction and visual servoing.
• Extend robotics to mobile platforms with localization, mapping, and navigation.
• Own the driver layer connecting to robot hardware with clean interfaces.
• Advance the stack with learning-based methods and sim-to-real training alongside classical approaches.

Skills

Modern C++

Python

Real-time robotics

Multithreading

Linux

Git

CI/CD

ROS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or Mathematics

Tools

ROS

Simulation

Job description

Path Robotics is seeking a Robotics Software Engineer to tackle hard systems problems across perception, planning, and real-time control. You’ll write modern C++ for perception, motion planning, and live robot cells, validating plans and ensuring safe, executable trajectories.

Join a team that blends classical robotics with learning-based methods, shipping field-ready software for mobile and fixed workcells, with strong engineering practices and opportunities for growth in a fast‑growing company.