Senior Robotics Software Engineer

The role

You will architect, build, and test software for a robotic factory installation system. You will develop perception, motion planning, and controls software for robots operating in unstructured field conditions.

What you will do

• Architect, build, document, test, and iterate on software for the robotic factory installation system
• Develop perception, motion planning, and controls software for robots in unstructured field conditions
• Contribute to low-level software powering robotic systems in factories and delivery vehicles
• Control industrial automation hardware including linear actuators, motors, and hydraulic systems

Required qualifications

• Experienced Python developer
• Comfortable with at least one lower-level language like C++
• Experience writing real-time, embedded, or robotics software
• Experience developing highly performant software including writing clean code, documenting, testing, and using version control and CI
• Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment
• Ability to work 4-5 days/week from San Leandro HQ
• Open to ~10% travel to field
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Based in or can relocate to the SF Bay Area

Nice to have

• Experience working with industrial robot arms, motion planning, or automation systems
• 4-year degree in computer science, robotics, or a related field
• Gain satisfaction from personally playing a part in mitigating climate change

About the company

Charge Robotics is a Series A startup building robots that build solar farms. The company is MIT-founded and backed by investors including Founders Fund, Energy Impact Partners, Lux Capital and Y Combinator.