Robotics System Software Engineer — Core OS & Hardware

The Bot Company; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bot Company in San Francisco is seeking a system software engineer to build core software that bridges hardware, firmware, and higher-level applications on our robotics platform. You will write high-performance code, drive reliability, and collaborate across firmware, OS, and app teams to ship production-ready software running on real robots.

Responsibilities include designing robust device abstractions, debugging complex system issues, and optimizing latency and throughput across the

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in C, C++, Rust, and Python; production-quality system software.
• Experience with OS and hardware: Linux internals, drivers, IPC, and resource management.
• Ability to design and debug concurrent, real-time, or performance-critical systems.
• Experience building and operating software interfacing with firmware, sensors, or embedded devices.
• Strong systems intuition: understand failure modes, timing issues, and behavior under load.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain system-level software interfacing between hardware, firmware, and application layers.
• Design robust abstractions for device control, data flow, and inter-process communication.
• Debug complex system issues spanning kernel, drivers, services, and hardware interactions.
• Optimize system performance, latency, and reliability across the full software stack.
• Collaborate with firmware, embedded OS, and application teams to integrate system software cleanly.
• Move quickly and independently to ship production-ready system software that runs on real robots.

Skills

C

C++

Rust

Python

Tools

Linux

Job description

The Bot Company in San Francisco is seeking a system software engineer to build core software that bridges hardware, firmware, and higher-level applications on our robotics platform. You will write high-performance code, drive reliability, and collaborate across firmware, OS, and app teams to ship production-ready software running on real robots.

Responsibilities include designing robust device abstractions, debugging complex system issues, and optimizing latency and throughput across the