RoboForce
Robotics Software Engineer
$165K–$235K
Milpitas, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Location
- Milpitas, CA
Milpitas, California, United States - Experience
- 2+ years of professional experience; no alternative stated.
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship and green card support for qualified candidates.
About the job
Develops and integrates production-grade software for robots operating in complex outdoor environments, improving their reliability and performance through field testing and debugging.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and maintain robotics software using C++ and Python; integrate capabilities across perception, planning, controls, teleoperation, and platform software.
- Improve reliability through testing, validation, fault handling, performance tuning, and root-cause analysis of software, sensor, networking, timing, and hardware issues.
- Build developer tools and workflows, and validate features directly on robot hardware.
What they ask for
- B.S. or M.S. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2+ years of professional experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones, or complex embedded systems, including deployment of physical hardware products into the field.
- Strong command of C++ and Python, including production-level C++ and Python tooling.
- Experience in at least one core robotics domain; strong Linux skills and demonstrated ability to debug issues across software, hardware, sensors, and distributed systems.
Nice to have
- Experience with outdoor robotics, such as autonomous driving, drones, or mobile robotics.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, robotics developer tooling, or visualization and diagnostics tools such as Foxglove, Grafana, or RViz.
Pay
USD 165,000–235,000 base salary
Tools
C++, Python, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Foxglove, Grafana
AI focus
Develops software for physical AI-powered robots; no specific AI development tasks are stated.
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