Senior Embedded Robotics Platform Architect

Embedding VC; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options/equity

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Visa sponsorship and green card for/if

Job summary

Embedding VC in Milpitas, CA is seeking a Senior/Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Robotics Platform to architect and develop foundational robotics platforms on Intel robotics platforms and NVIDIA Jetson devices, handling deployment, telemetry, DDS configuration, and OS/hypervisor integration.

You will lead platform design for perception, planning, control, and fleet services, optimize Linux-based systems, mentor engineers, and drive code quality through reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or equivalent relevant work experience.
• 5+ years of experience building and shipping production-quality software, with a strong focus on Linux-based systems.
• Strong proficiency in modern C++ and Python, with experience developing performance-critical and systems-level software.
• Experience with large, complex systems and building tooling to support development, deployment, and observability.
• Demonstrated commitment to software quality through designing for testability, robustness, and long-term maintainability.
• Requires 5 days/week in-office collaboration with the teams.

Responsibilities

• Platform Architecture & Development: Lead the design, development, and deployment of core robotics platform software that underpins perception, planning, control, and fleet services.
• Systems Performance & Debugging: Perform in-depth performance analysis and hardware/software debugging across Linux-based systems, ensuring reliability and real-time behavior.
• Infrastructure & Runtime Systems: Develop and maintain software components for deployment, telemetry monitoring, DDS configuration, and OS/hypervisor-level integration.
• Technical Leadership: Contribute to long-term technical roadmap planning, mentor junior and senior engineers, and guide architectural decisions across the robotics platform.
• Engineering Excellence: Conduct rigorous code reviews and enforce high standards of software quality, maintainability, and best practices.

Skills

C++

Python

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

ROS

DDS

Linux kernel

Job description

Embedding VC in Milpitas, CA is seeking a Senior/Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Robotics Platform to architect and develop foundational robotics platforms on Intel robotics platforms and NVIDIA Jetson devices, handling deployment, telemetry, DDS configuration, and OS/hypervisor integration.

You will lead platform design for perception, planning, control, and fleet services, optimize Linux-based systems, mentor engineers, and drive code quality through reviews.