Senior Robotics Engineer

Maxwell Bond; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxwell Bond is seeking an experienced roboticist to build and maintain a production-grade robotics platform integrating autonomous systems, teleoperation, and fleet coordination. You’ll contribute across robot control, teleoperation interfaces, motion planning, and distributed systems in real-world environments.

The role requires leading teams, delivering production-grade software for real hardware, and deep expertise in C++, Python, Linux, and ROS/ROS 2.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering, including 3+ years in robotics or real-world systems
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering production software for real hardware systems
• Strong proficiency in C++ and Python
• Experience with containerised deployment (Docker)
• Experience with real-time or near-real-time control systems and hardware–software integration
• Strong understanding of Git, code review, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with sensor data pipelines (stereo/RGB cameras, LiDAR, IMUs, force/torque sensors)
• Experience with ROS / ROS 2
• Strong Linux development experience
• Nice to have: experience profiling and optimising C++/Python systems
• Nice to have: robotics simulation environments (Gazebo, Isaac Sim)
• Nice to have: low-latency networking for teleoperation
• Nice to have: background in perception or SLAM
• Nice to have: startup/R&D mentoring experience

Skills

Software engineering

Robotics

Team leadership

C++

Python

Git

CI/CD

Real-time systems

Linux

Tools

Docker

ROS / ROS 2

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Gazebo/Isaac Sim

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.