Senior Robotics Software Engineer — Real-World Motion & AI

Monarch Quantum; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Fidelity 401(k) with 4% match

20 PTO days/year

13 holidays

9/80 work schedule

Job summary

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

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

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Robotics

Tools

Foxglove

Job description

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.