Senior Robotics Software Architect: Motion & Automation

Multiply-Labs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Multiply Labs in San Francisco is seeking a senior robotics software engineer to design production-ready software for robotic platforms, from high-level logic to hardware communication.

You will work on motion planning, kinematics, and fault handling, building scalable, reliable code for automated manufacturing in life sciences. A bachelor’s degree in mechatronics/robotics and 7+ years in robotics software are required; salary range $195,000–$260,000 per year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechatronics, robotics, or a related engineering field.
• 7 years of progressive experience in robotics software engineering.
• 3 years in control systems, UR manipulators, trajectory computation, collision checking, and production-quality code.

Responsibilities

• Robot Software Development: Design and implement production-ready software for robotic platforms, ranging from high-level robotic logic to low-level hardware communication.
• Modular Architecture: Develop and maintain modular codebases designed to handle an arbitrary number of operations for automated manufacturing.
• Motion Planning & Control: Implement and optimize algorithms for trajectory generation, motion smoothing, and collision avoidance in constrained environments.
• Hardware Interfacing: Develop reliable software interfaces for robotic manipulators to interact with various instruments and custom components.
• Kinematics & Solvers: Design and implement numerical gradient-based kinematic solvers and real-time trajectory parameterization.
• Simulation & Validation: Design high-fidelity simulation environments with realistic collision modeling for system validation.
• Fault Handling: Design state-based task management with robust error recovery and safety-first features for industrial automation.
• Technical Leadership: Serve as a point-of-contact for technical roadmaps and provide expert knowledge on deterministic robotic navigation.

Skills

Robotics software engineering

Multi-threaded / multi-process control

Trajectory computation / parameter

UR arms / manipulators

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechatronics/robotics

Tools

UR robot arms

Job description

Multiply Labs in San Francisco is seeking a senior robotics software engineer to design production-ready software for robotic platforms, from high-level logic to hardware communication.

You will work on motion planning, kinematics, and fault handling, building scalable, reliable code for automated manufacturing in life sciences. A bachelor’s degree in mechatronics/robotics and 7+ years in robotics software are required; salary range $195,000–$260,000 per year.