Staff Robotics Engineer - Lead Architecture & Autonomy (IC)

Fruition Group US; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Fruition Group US is partnering with a fast-growing robotics company to hire a Staff Robotics Software Engineer. This senior IC role focuses on hands-on architecture, perception, planning and controls, keeping you deeply technical while raising the bar for peers.

You will own architecture decisions across the robotics software stack, mentor engineers, and collaborate with hardware, product, and safety teams to move from prototype to fleet.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience in robotics or safety-critical embedded systems.
• Staff/Principal-level leadership with architecture ownership across multiple teams.
• Fluency in two or more areas: perception, planning/controls, embedded/real-time software, or safety architecture.
• Strong C++ and ROS/ROS2 experience; track record shipping autonomous systems.
• Excellent technical communication for cross-team alignment.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture decisions across the robotics software stack—perception, planning/controls, and embedded systems.
• Solve complex, ambiguous technical problems from system tradeoffs to bring-up and debugging.
• Set technical direction and review designs across teams without headcount ownership.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and pairing.
• Collaborate with hardware, product, and safety to move platform from prototype to fleet.
• Contribute senior input on the platform's roadmap and technical direction.

Skills

C++

ROS/ROS2

Real-time software

Technical leadership

Robotics architecture

Tools

ROS2

Job description

Fruition Group US is partnering with a fast-growing robotics company to hire a Staff Robotics Software Engineer. This senior IC role focuses on hands-on architecture, perception, planning and controls, keeping you deeply technical while raising the bar for peers.

You will own architecture decisions across the robotics software stack, mentor engineers, and collaborate with hardware, product, and safety teams to move from prototype to fleet.