Senior Robotics Software Engineer

Monarch Quantum; San Diego (CA); Vor Ort; USD 125.000 - 175.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical, Dental, Vision

Fidelity 401(k) with 4% match

20 PTO days/year

13 holidays

9/80 work schedule

Zusammenfassung

Monarch Quantum is seeking a Senior Robotics Software Engineer to help build our robotics stack from the ground up in a fast-paced startup. You will own motion planning, kinematics, and integration with hardware to enable reliable real-world deployments. Work with hardware and software teams, mentor engineers, write tests, and advance simulation, RL, and sim-to-real methods.

This role requires access to export-controlled information and a U.S. person is required.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years building robotics software with end-to-end motion planning or controls.
• Mentor engineers and influence technical direction beyond your own work.
• Experience in startup or fast-paced tech environments is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Build motion and trajectory planning for pick and place tasks with sensor-driven, coordinated robot actions.
• Develop kinematics, reachability, and motion planning for robotic manipulators and validate collision-free plans.
• Contribute to the driver layer interfacing with robot hardware and real-time command streaming.
• Support learning-based methods and simulation, including RL, learned planners, and sim-to-real training.
• Help deploy and refine the robotics software stack, including world modeling and fleet integration.
• Write unit tests and validation suites to ensure reliability and safety.
• Collaborate with hardware and process engineers to validate planning on real hardware.
• Participate in code reviews, maintain coding standards and safety practices.
• Maintain documentation for planning algorithms, calibration, and system interfaces.
• Mentor teammates, communicate clearly, and drive initiative.

Kenntnisse

C++ (modern)

Python

Robotics software

Kinematics & planning

World model planning

Multithreading

Git

TDD / CI/CD

ROS

RL / sim-to-real

SLAM & navigation

AI-assisted coding

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Robotics

Tools

Foxglove

Jobbeschreibung

Join our fast-paced and passionate team as a Senior Robotics Software Engineer. As we scale, you will play a key role in building our foundation from the ground up. This is a dynamic, hands-on role for a self-starter who thrives in a fluid startup environment. You'll have the opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies, work closely with leadership, and help develop and implement engineering practices that support our mission and growth. Your key responsibilities are as follows:

• Build motion and trajectory planning for pick and place tasks, ranging from patterned and adaptive, sensor-driven motions to resource-aware sequencing that coordinates multiple robots working the same part.
• Develop kinematics, reachability, and motion planning, including inverse kinematics and trajectory planning for robotic manipulators, and validate plans so motion is collision-free and executable.
• Contribute to the driver layer that connects to robot hardware, streaming motion commands to the robot controller in real time and abstracting sensors behind clean, reliable interfaces.
• Support advancement of the stack with learning-based methods and simulation, including reinforcement learning, learned planners, and sim-to-real training, alongside classical approaches.
• Help implement and refine the robotics software stack (behaviors, motion planning, world modeling, and device control) and its integration with fleet management and higher-level systems.
• Write unit tests and validation suites to ensure motion planning and control software is reliable, safe, and robust.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including hardware and process engineers, to make sure planning and control decisions hold up on real hardware.
• Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and hold yourself and the team to strong coding and safety practices.
• Maintain clear and well-structured documentation for planning algorithms, calibration procedures, and system interfaces.
• Work independently and in a team while over-communicating with the manager, project engineer, and teammates.
• Use tenacity, patience, self-discipline, and passion for excellence to assure accuracy of execution schedule, data quality and integrity, conformance to company best practices, clarity in communication, and documentation.
• Use every opportunity to grow your own competency through mentorship, curiosity, communication, exposure, and initiative.
• This position requires access to export-controlled information. Employment is contingent upon the applicant being a U.S. person as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3).

Experience

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years building robotics software, with a track record of owning motion planning or controls systems end to end.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction beyond your own immediate work.
• Experience working in a startup or fast-paced technology company environment is a plus.

Skills

• Strong background in modern C++ (17/20/23), with Python experience.
• Hands-on experience with robotics, motion control, or controls software. You've built software that drives physical hardware, not just simulated it.
• Deep experience with kinematics, reachability, and motion planning, including inverse kinematics and trajectory planning for robotic manipulators.
• Worked with physical robots using a world model, with experience planning against that world model.
• Calibration experience to address sim-to-real gaps.
• Comfortable with multithreading, concurrency, and debugging systems-level behavior.
• Fluent developing and operating software on Windows, with Git.
• Familiar with solid engineering practice: some mix of TDD, unit testing, and CI/CD.
• AI literacy in modern software development, including fluency with AI-assisted coding tools and good judgment about when and how to use them to accelerate development without sacrificing code quality or safety.
• Bonus points for experience with learning-based methods or robot simulation (RL, imitation learning, sim-to-real), SLAM and navigation, or ROS.
• Experience with Foxglove is a plus.
• Realtime systems experience is a plus.

The expected annual salary range for this position is $125,000-$175,000.

As a full-time employee, you will be eligible for Monarch's comprehensive benefits package, which includes:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Fidelity 401(k) plan with 4% employer matching
• 20 paid time off (PTO) days per year
• 13 paid company holidays
• 9/80 work schedule (every other Friday off)

Monarch Quantum is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status or any other characteristics protected under applicable federal, state and local laws.