What You'll Do

• Lead engineering best practices around code quality, testing, modularity, and documentation to improve team velocity and maintainability
• Design, implement, and optimize key components of our robotics software stack in C++ and Python
• Lead the integration of machine learning algorithms into real-time systems, ensuring low-latency, high-reliability performance
• Develop efficient and scalable data pipelines using Python and ML libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, NumPy, and scikit-learn
• Drive architectural decisions across perception, planning, and control systems
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (ML, hardware, product) to define and execute on roadmap goals
• Profile and optimize performance-critical code on CPU and GPU
• Ensure robust software quality through testing, code reviews, and best practices

Who You Are

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of professional experience in robotics or related domains
• Advanced proficiency in modern C++ (Python is a plus)
• Experience integrating machine learning models into embedded or real-time robotic systems
• Familiarity with robotics middleware (e.g., ROS, ROS2), motion planning, and hardware interfaces
• Solid grasp of system-level software design, concurrency, memory management, and optimization
• Comfortable operating in a Linux-based development environment

Team Player:

• Startup Energizer: The idea of joining a growing venture-backed startup excites you because you know your work will have an immediate and significant impact.
• Collaboration Champion: You thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with others to achieve common goals and drive success.
• Mentorship Minded: You are passionate about helping peers, fostering best practices, and promoting continuous improvement within the team.
• Quality Advocate: You are dedicated to maintaining high standards of quality, shipping reliable and high-quality code that you can be proud of, knowing that good quality also enables fast delivery.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Daily free lunch to keep you fueled and connected with the team
• Flexible PTO so you can take the time you need, when you need it
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 6 weeks fully paid parental leave, plus an additional 6–8 weeks for birthing parents (12–14 weeks total)
• 401(k) retirement plan through Empower
• Generous employee referral bonuses—help us grow our team!

Who We Are

At Path Robotics we love coming to work to solve interesting and tough challenges but also because our ideas are welcomed and valued. We encourage unique thinking and are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.