Senior Robotics Software Engineer — Real-World Systems

Carnegie-Mellon-University; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement plan

Tuition benefits

Paid time off

Life insurance

Bus pass

Family concierge

Fitness center

Job summary

Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) in Pittsburgh invites applications for a staff engineer to develop real-time robotics software. The role bridges research and production, focusing on perception, planning, and control across logistics, manufacturing, and automated science domains.

You will work with world-class robotics professionals, contribute to ROS2/MoveIt workflows, and help deploy robust, production-ready systems while advancing hands-on development

Qualifications

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Responsibilities

• Hands-on real-time SW development: Design, write, and maintain high-performance, robust code.
• Systematic Performance Maturation: Profile, benchmark, and optimize system performance.
• Simulation & Testbed Generation: Build high-fidelity synthetic data and testbeds for validation.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work with hardware and systems engineers to translate requirements into software.
• System Integration & Testing: Ensure interoperability between software components and hardware.
• Iterative Design & Code Quality: Participate in code reviews, documentation, and CI/CD.

Skills

C++

Python

Linux

Software engineering

Cross-functional teamwork

ROS2/MoveIt

Embedded systems

AI tools

Education

B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics

Tools

Gazebo

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

MoveIt

ROS2

Job description

Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) in Pittsburgh invites applications for a staff engineer to develop real-time robotics software. The role bridges research and production, focusing on perception, planning, and control across logistics, manufacturing, and automated science domains.

You will work with world-class robotics professionals, contribute to ROS2/MoveIt workflows, and help deploy robust, production-ready systems while advancing hands-on development