Senior Robotic Software Architect - Real-Time & Fielded

Aurelius Systems; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health coverage

PTO 18 days + 5 sick

Field test travel

Meals and snacks

E-bike/scooter stipend

Job summary

Aurelius Systems in San Francisco seeks a Principal Robotic Software Engineer to lead architecture for the Archimedes robotics stack—tracking, control, autonomy, and the deployment infrastructure that enables fielded systems.

You will partner with the CTO and engineering leadership, own the path from prototype code to deployed software, and mentor the robotics SWE team while maintaining high code quality and robust release processes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years shipping robotics or real-time, hardware-facing software.
• Deep production C++ and real-time systems experience; still hands-on.
• Senior IC track record at companies that shipped to customers or operators.
• Track record building and operating CI/CD for robotics or hardware-in-the-loop.
• Experience taking software through formal release, packaging and deployment to end users.

Responsibilities

• Architecture and technical direction for the whole robotics software stack.
• Performance and timing architecture: threading, process model and latency budgets.
• Formal release process, packaging and deployment hygiene for fielded systems.
• CI/CD infrastructure and scaling the software org alongside QA.
• Mentorship of the robotics SWE team and the bar for code quality.
• Cross-functional alignment across controls, embedded, EE and optics.
• Path from prototype code to fielded software in customer hands.

Skills

10+ years robotics/real-time software

Production C++

Senior IC track record

CI/CD for robotics

Software release processes

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/Robotics/EE

Tools

ROS2

Rust

Job description

Aurelius Systems in San Francisco seeks a Principal Robotic Software Engineer to lead architecture for the Archimedes robotics stack—tracking, control, autonomy, and the deployment infrastructure that enables fielded systems.

You will partner with the CTO and engineering leadership, own the path from prototype code to deployed software, and mentor the robotics SWE team while maintaining high code quality and robust release processes.