Member of Technical Staff - Robotics, Frontier AI Robotics
Core
Building the software stack between hardware and AI policies for frontier AI robotics, focusing on sensor/actuator integration, multi-process runtime, and edge compute optimization.
Role type
Senior IC robotics systems engineer (C++/Python)
Builds
Multi-process Python and ROS 2 runtime, sensor/actuator drivers, edge deployment tooling, and perception pipelines.
Domain
Robotics, AI, Embedded Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
C++/Python interop, sensor bring-up (I2C/SPI/USB/MIPI/CAN), ROS 2, multi-process runtime management, edge compute optimization, distributed systems design, real-time constraints handling
Preferred skills
Low-level driver work, DDS tuning, kernel networking, shared memory IPC, real-time scheduling, ML inference at the edge, asyncio/multiprocessing/NumPy/JAX, full-stack web experience
Technologies
ROS 2, DDS, Python, C++, NumPy, JAX, asyncio
Responsibilities
Integrate sensors, actuators, and edge compute across diverse hardware platforms; Build and improve multi-process Python and ROS 2 runtime; Diagnose and fix bottlenecks in middleware performance and perception latency; Generalize one-off solutions into reusable infrastructure; Port code onto constrained edge-compute platforms; Identify gaps in team velocity and close them; Make tradeoffs between prototyping and production software.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
