Senior Robotics Engineer

Maxwell Bond; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxwell Bond is seeking an experienced roboticist to join their team in San Francisco, California. You will be responsible for building and maintaining a production-grade robotics platform that integrates autonomous systems, teleoperation, and fleet-level coordination. Ideal candidates should possess a minimum of 5 years in software engineering with strong expertise in C++ and Python. You will collaborate closely with teams to ensure robust real-world performance in complex systems. A fast-paced environment and leadership experience in engineering are crucial for this role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering experience, including 3+ years in robotics or related fields.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering production software.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and Python.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production-grade robotics platform.
• Work across robot control, teleoperation interfaces, and motion planning.
• Optimize distributed robotic systems for real-world deployment.

Skills

C++

Python

Robotics

Containerized Deployment

Real-time Control Systems

Git

Automated Testing

ROS / ROS 2

Linux Development

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced roboticist to join a team building and maintaining a production-grade robotics platform that combines autonomous systems, teleoperation, and fleet-level coordination. You’ll work across a range of technical areas including robot control, teleoperation interfaces, motion planning, and optimisation of distributed robotic systems operating in real-world environments.

Qualifications / Requirements

• 5+ years software engineering experience, including 3+ years in robotics, aerospace, or other physical/real-world systems domains
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering production software for real hardware systems
• Strong proficiency in C++ and Python
• Experience with containerised deployment (e.g. Docker)
• Experience with real-time or near-real-time control systems and hardware–software integration
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices including Git, code review, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Experience working with sensor data pipelines (e.g. stereo/RGB cameras, LiDAR, IMUs, force/torque sensors)
• Experience with ROS / ROS 2
• Strong Linux development experience

Nice to haves

• Experience profiling and optimising C++/Python systems for constrained compute or memory environments
• Experience with robotics simulation environments (e.g. Gazebo, Isaac Sim, or similar)
• Experience building low-latency networking or communication systems for teleoperation
• Background in computer vision, perception, machine learning-based detection, pose estimation, or SLAM
• Experience in early-stage, fast-paced R&D or startup environments, including mentoring or hiring engineers

You’re someone who enjoys staying hands‑on in the code while helping unblock and guide a team. You’re comfortable influencing technical direction through collaboration and engineering judgment rather than top‑down control, and you thrive in environments where systems are complex, evolving, and closely tied to real-world performance.