Senior Robotics Software Engineer — Own Production-Grade Platform

Whelix; Boston (MA); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Equity

Ownership of software

Startup experience

MassRobotics/Boston ecosystem

Descripción de la vacante

Whelix, based in Boston, seeks a Senior Robotics Software Engineer to own the software on robotic platforms, integrating ROS 2, CAN/EtherCAT, and cloud connectivity. You will lead a production-ready platform across hardware generations and customer labs.

Youll work with cross-functional teams including mechanical, electrical, and data scientists, and you will be on-site for installations, reporting to the CTO. This role demands hands-on leadership in software reliability and deployment.

Formación

• BS or MS in CS, ME, EE, Robotics or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years building software that controls physical machines, at least 2 on systems that shipped to customers.
• Strong modern C++ and Python on Linux; hands-on ROS 2 (nodes, actions, services, launch, colcon).
• Fieldbus and motor-control experience: CAN or EtherCAT, servo drive configuration, homing, limits, fault recovery.
• Docker and systemd in production; CI pipelines that deploy to real hardware.
• Git fluency beyond the basics: submodules, rebases, merging long-lived branches without losing work.
• A safety mindset: you have designed or commissioned an E-stop chain and know why interlocks live on the machine.
• Experience installing or commissioning equipment at a customer site.
• Willing to travel to customer labs, roughly one week per month at peak.

Responsabilidades

• Design, implement and maintain ROS 2 nodes, actions and drivers for gantry, flask handling, gripper, pipette and imaging subsystems in C++ and Python.
• Own the hardware-profile and driver abstraction so new gantry generations are configuration and a driver plugin, not a fork.
• Implement safety interlocks, E-stop handling and motion boundary checks on the machine, independent of the cloud.
• Build and maintain the robot container image, systemd units, selftest gate and GitHub Actions hardware-in-the-loop deploy pipeline.
• Make device, bus and camera recovery automatic; turn field failures into tests and gates.
• Manage Git across nested repositories: submodule pins, long-lived branch merges, release tagging.
• Provision, install and commission robots at customer sites, including network setup and device authentication, and support them afterward.
• Collaborate with mechanical and electrical engineers on new hardware bring-up and with the web team on the robot-to-cloud contract.
• Work with scientists to turn lab workflows into robust automated behavior; conduct root cause analysis and keep design docs current.

Conocimientos

C++

Python

ROS 2

Linux

Git

CAN/EtherCAT

Docker

Systemd

Educación

BS or MS in CS/ME/EE/Robotics or related field

Herramientas

colcon

GitHub Actions

Descripción del empleo

Whelix, based in Boston, seeks a Senior Robotics Software Engineer to own the software on robotic platforms, integrating ROS 2, CAN/EtherCAT, and cloud connectivity. You will lead a production-ready platform across hardware generations and customer labs.

Youll work with cross-functional teams including mechanical, electrical, and data scientists, and you will be on-site for installations, reporting to the CTO. This role demands hands-on leadership in software reliability and deployment.