Senior Robotics Software Architect for Fielded Systems

Doist; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

United Health Care medical, dental, &

Vision coverage

Flexible 18 days PTO plus 5 sick days

Travel to field test events and range

Lunches & snacks provided

E-bike and scooter stipend up to $500

Direct access to leadership

Job summary

Aurelius Systems in San Francisco is seeking a Principal, Robotics Software Engineer to lead architecture for the robotics stack on Archimedes—perception, control, autonomy, and deployment. You will own the path from prototype to fielded software, partnering with the CTO and mentoring the robotics SWE team.

You are a senior IC with shipped systems, deep ROS2 experience, and a track record building CI/CD for robotics or hardware-in-the-loop.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of robotics software engineering with real shipped systems behind you.
• Deep ROS2 experience and the judgment to know when not to use it.
• Experience taking software through formal release, packaging, and deployment to end users.

Responsibilities

• Architect and direct the robotics software stack across perception, controls, autonomy, and deployment.
• Own formal release processes, packaging, and field deployment hygiene for shipped systems.
• Scale CI/CD infrastructure and grow the robotics software org alongside QA.
• Mentor robotics SWE team and set coding quality standards.
• Collaborate cross-functionally across perception, embedded, EE, and software teams.

Skills

Robotics software engineering

ROS2

CI/CD

Architecture leadership

Embedded systems

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in CS, Robotics, EE

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Version control

Job description

Aurelius Systems in San Francisco is seeking a Principal, Robotics Software Engineer to lead architecture for the robotics stack on Archimedes—perception, control, autonomy, and deployment. You will own the path from prototype to fielded software, partnering with the CTO and mentoring the robotics SWE team.

You are a senior IC with shipped systems, deep ROS2 experience, and a track record building CI/CD for robotics or hardware-in-the-loop.