Robotics Software Engineer I/II

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Robotics Software Engineer to join our Skills team, focused on developing, testing, validating, and integrating robot skills into real customer workflows. In this role, you will operate at the boundary between prototype and production, working directly with our humanoid robot to evaluate performance, root-cause failures, and improve behaviors. You will be hands-on with hardware nearly every day, helping bring new customer workflows online and ensuring existing deployments remain reliable. You will define test plans, execute experiments, and validate that our behaviors meet autonomy and performance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop Behaviors for Humanoid Robots & Integrate into Workflows
  • Develop and maintain the core library of production-ready skills that form the foundation of customer workflows.
  • Script new skills using behavior trees, state machines, or task planners, defining control flow logic and behavior sequencing.
  • Deploy classical as well as modern robotics paradigms to implement robot skills to complete a variety of tasks in target domains.
  • Build and maintain workflows using the robot's skill API.
  • Prototype new skills and customer use cases to assess their feasibility.
• Testing, Validation & Deployment
  • Define what "production-ready" means for each skill or workflow and design the test plans and infrastructure to validate it.
  • Recreate corner cases from logs and failures into repeatable tests.
  • Validate new skills and workflows both in simulation and on hardware before release.
  • Travel occasionally (

Requirements

• 2+ years of relevant experience, including research-level and industry experience, preferably applied to mobile manipulation robots.
• B.S. or M.S. in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Proficient in Python and write clean code.
• Experience with Linux systems.
• Excited about developing physical robot behaviors, not just running simulations.
• Enjoy getting your hands dirty, iterating on hardware, and watching your work come to life in the field.
• Curious about how autonomous robots work end-to-end, from low-level control to high-level task planning, and want to help bridge the gap between behavior design and real-world deployment.
• Strong sense of ownership and pride in the reliability of your work; sweat the details and always look to eliminate failure modes.
• Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.
• All roles are U.S.-based.

Bonus Qualifications

• Prior experience scripting robot behaviors using state machines, behavior trees, or other control flow logic.
• Understanding of robot manipulation, motion planning, and kinematics (e.g., familiarity with MoveIt framework).
• Exposure to test-driven development, automated regression testing, and CI/CD workflows.
• Experience operating autonomous robots in customer environments or real-world deployments.

Benefits

• 401(k) Plan: Includes