Staff Robotics Software Engineer

Imperative Care; Campbell (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401k

Health benefits

Team events, competitions & activities

Job summary

Imperative Care is seeking a talented Robotics Software Engineer in California to design and implement hard real-time algorithms, state machines, and robotics software for the Telos platform, as part of the founding team.

You will work with software, controls, system, and hardware engineers to test logic and algorithms, develop production-ready code in C++ on Linux, and contribute to testing and simulation environments.

Qualifications

• BS in CS/CE or MS with equivalent experience required.
• 8+ years in software engineering for robotics or related field.
• Experience with real-time and safety-critical software.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Experience with ROS and Linux-based systems.
• Strong OO programming and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and test real-time algorithms and state machines for the Telos platform.
• Develop and test logic with a cross-functional team.
• Implement C++ real-time code on Linux.
• Collaborate with software, controls, system and hardware teams.
• Contribute to software testing and simulation environments.
• Participate in design reviews.

Skills

Multi-threaded architectures

Real-time software

Agile development

C++ programming

Python programming

Object-oriented design

Software architecture

ROS experience

State machines

Safety-critical software

Education

BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

ROS

QNX

Linux

Git

Job description

• We are looking for a talented and experienced Robotics Software Engineer to design and implement hard real-time algorithms, application logic, and state machines for the Telos robotic platform. As one of the key founding members of the telos team, you will contribute to the design and development of the infrastructure of the robotics application-level logic and algorithms


• You will work closely with a cross functional team to implement and test logic, algorithms and software solutions based on clinical and user requirements


• Design, implement and test logic, state machines, and algorithms for our robotic platform


• Implement C++ real-time code on Linux based operating systems


• Implement and test solutions in production software environment using C++ and Python


• Work closely with other engineers (software, controls, system, hardware) as part of a focused cross-functional team developing software for a medical application


• Understand user needs, clinical needs and customer input requirements to drive software development


• Contribute to the development of the software testing and simulation environment


• Participate in design discussions and code reviews

Benefits

• Stock options


• 401k


• Health benefits


• Team events, competitions & activities

Requirements

• Experience with multi-threaded applications and event driven architectures


• Experience working in an Agile development environment


• Experience with real-time software applications


• Experience in algorithm development for robotics operation


• Excellent communication and documentation skills


• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent with at least 8 years of experience or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and 6+ years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and work experience


• 5+ years of controls, robotics, and state-machine experience


• Proficiency with C++ and Python


• Strong background in object-oriented programming, software architecture, and design patterns


• Experience in robotic control, real-time state-machine design


• Experience with ROS


• Experience developing software for safety-critical applications


• Experience with QNX/Realtime Operation Systems