Senior Robotics Systems Engineer - Robot Platform

RoboForce; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Visa sponsorship

Lunches and team events

Job summary

RoboForce in Milpitas, CA, seeks a Senior Robotics Systems Engineer to advance perception, planning, control, and autonomous operation in production robots.

You will design interfaces between high-level applications and sensors, actuators, and embedded controllers, while driving reliability and scalability through testing.

Role requires close collaboration with the team five days a week on-site, with emphasis on integration, debugging, and field deployment. Competitive benefits offered.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on robotics experience with real robotic systems.
• Experience developing drivers, hardware abstraction layers, or software interfaces for sensors/actuators/embedded devices.
• Hands-on with ROS/ROS2, real-time or embedded Linux, fieldbus or device communications, distributed middleware, sensor/actuator integration, and performance optimization.
• Ability to design and troubleshoot basic electrical circuits and mechanical components for robotic systems.
• Strong debugging, system integration, and root-cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Design software interfaces between high-level robot applications and low-level sensors, actuators, embedded controllers, and communication buses.
• Design and integrate mechatronic systems, mechanisms, and test fixtures; develop and troubleshoot electrical subsystems and interfaces.
• Integrate and debug complex robotic systems spanning software, embedded, networking, electrical, and mechanical domains.
• Diagnose performance, reliability, timing, and hardware-interface issues across the robot stack.
• Drive system reliability and scalability through rigorous testing and root-cause analysis.

Skills

ROS/ROS2

Real-time Linux

Sensor integration

Embedded systems

System integration

Debugging

Electrical/Mechanical interfaces

Education

BS/MS in Robotics/ME/EE/CS

Job description

RoboForce in Milpitas, CA, seeks a Senior Robotics Systems Engineer to advance perception, planning, control, and autonomous operation in production robots.

You will design interfaces between high-level applications and sensors, actuators, and embedded controllers, while driving reliability and scalability through testing.

Role requires close collaboration with the team five days a week on-site, with emphasis on integration, debugging, and field deployment. Competitive benefits offered.