Senior Platform Software Engineer - C++ Foundations

MRINetwork; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Medical Robotics Company in Central Ohio is seeking a Senior Platform Software Engineer to design and deliver reusable infrastructure for robotics, controls, AI, firmware and safety teams. You will own platform capabilities and collaborate with cross-disciplinary groups.

This hands-on senior IC role emphasizes building foundational software, defining architecture, and moving a regulated robotic product toward commercial deployment in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Approximately 5-10 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Advanced, current C++ development and software-design skills.
• Experience building reusable frameworks, libraries, APIs, SDKs, or platform infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ownership of software used by multiple engineers or teams.
• Experience taking a complex product or platform from early development into production.
• Ability to make sound design decisions without relying on a fully established architecture.
• Strong automated-testing, code-review, and technical-documentation practices.
• Willingness to work in person in Central Ohio.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement foundational C++ frameworks, libraries, APIs, utilities, and platform services.
• Build software components that other engineering teams can integrate into their applications.
• Take ownership of significant platform capabilities from initial definition through testing, documentation, integration, and release.
• Help define new architectural patterns in a largely greenfield environment.
• Partner with the Staff Engineer and VP of Engineering on platform design and technical decisions.
• Work with robotics, controls, AI, firmware, quality, and regulatory stakeholders to understand downstream requirements.
• Design clean abstractions between the core platform and specialized robotics or AI functionality.
• Contribute to real-time behavior, hardware interfaces, fault handling, safety mechanisms, versioning, and upgrade strategy.
• Develop robust automated tests and raise the quality of the team's development practices.
• Mentor less-experienced engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and hands-on collaboration.
• Help move a regulated robotic product from development toward commercial deployment.

Skills

C++ development

Software design

Platform infrastructure

Automated testing

Code reviews

Technical documentation

Mentoring

Education

Bachelors in CS/CE or related

Tools

QNX

Embedded Linux

ROS2

Python

Git

Job description

Confidential Medical Robotics Company in Central Ohio is seeking a Senior Platform Software Engineer to design and deliver reusable infrastructure for robotics, controls, AI, firmware and safety teams. You will own platform capabilities and collaborate with cross-disciplinary groups.

This hands-on senior IC role emphasizes building foundational software, defining architecture, and moving a regulated robotic product toward commercial deployment in a fast-paced environment.