Senior Autonomous Robotics Software Engineer

Teleo; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Teleo, a Havoc company, is building autonomous 100,000-pound robots for construction and defense applications. You will own integration of autonomy and vehicle subsystems into a cohesive platform, bridging perception, controls, networking, and hardware interfaces on real hardware.

You will develop features across the vehicle software stack, integrate subsystems, and contribute to backend tooling and testing practices. The role requires working on-site in Palo Alto, CA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in CS/CE/Robotics/EE or related field.
• 4+ years of professional software engineering in C/C++ and Python.
• Strong computer systems fundamentals: OS internals, memory management, process lifecycle, IPC.
• Hands-on embedded Linux experience at the application level.
• Comfortable reading schematics and hardware interfaces at a conceptual level.
• Demonstrated ability to work across multiple subsystems and codebases.
• Comfortable working on-site in Palo Alto, CA.

Responsibilities

• Develop features across the full vehicle software stack: sensor interfaces, communication layers, diagnostics, and system services.
• Integrate and validate subsystems from multiple teams into a unified, working platform.
• Build and maintain backend infrastructure and tooling that support vehicle operations.
• Design and implement inter-process and inter-system communication for vehicle and operator systems.
• Contribute to OTA update pipelines and deployment workflows in collaboration with the full-stack team.
• Write unit tests and help establish integration testing practices across the codebase.
• Participate in remote support rotations, including occasional early/late hours.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Embedded Linux

OS internals

Hardware interfaces

Cross-team collaboration

Schematic reading

Education

B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or Electrical Engineering

Tools

ROS

CI/CD

Job description

Teleo, a Havoc company, is building autonomous 100,000-pound robots for construction and defense applications. You will own integration of autonomy and vehicle subsystems into a cohesive platform, bridging perception, controls, networking, and hardware interfaces on real hardware.

You will develop features across the vehicle software stack, integrate subsystems, and contribute to backend tooling and testing practices. The role requires working on-site in Palo Alto, CA.