Systems Software Engineer, Operating Systems

Weave Robotics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Weave Robotics, Inc. designs and builds autonomous robotic systems. The OS layer, IPC foundations, networking, scheduling, and resource management are central to the role. You will ensure performance, reliability, and diagnosability across hardware, firmware, and software stacks.

Ideal candidates have strong embedded Linux experience, C++ expertise, and hands-on debugging skills with hardware schematics and diagnostic tools in a robotics context.

Qualifications

• Requires at least three years of OS-level experience.
• Strong Linux internals and systems programming knowledge.
• Production-quality C++ experience in embedded or real-time systems.
• Embedded Linux experience and debugging across hardware and software.
• Comfortable using diagnostic tools and reading schematics.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain OS-level foundations for robotics applications.
• Develop IPC, networking, scheduling, and resource management.
• Build reliability and diagnostic systems.
• Support hardware bring-up and debug across hardware, firmware, and software.

Skills

Linux Internals

Modern C++

Embedded Linux

Linux Systems Programming

Real-Time Systems

Kernel Development

Scheduling

Memory Management

Inter-Process Communication

Performance Optimization

Hardware/Software Debugging

U-Boot

Device Trees

DMA

Buildroot

Yocto

Job description

Design and maintain the operating system and IPC foundations for robotics applications, including networking, scheduling, synchronization, resource management, and performance optimization. Build reliability and diagnostic systems, support hardware bring-up, and debug issues across hardware, firmware, and robotics software.

Requirements: Requires at least three years of OS-level experience, strong Linux internals and systems programming knowledge, and production-quality C++ experience in embedded or real-time systems. Candidates should have embedded Linux experience and be comfortable debugging across hardware and software, including using diagnostic tools and reading schematics.

Key Skills: Linux Internals, Modern C++, Embedded Linux, Linux Systems Programming, Real-Time Systems, Kernel Development, Scheduling, Memory Management, Inter-Process Communication, Performance Optimization, Hardware/Software Debugging, U-Boot, Device Trees, DMA, Buildroot, Yocto