Senior Edge Engineer

Queue

. Build and own edge software that runs on Queue's prescription-filling robots .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeNewark • California • United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and maintaining edge software for prescription-filling robots, with a strong focus on hardware integration, real-time orchestration, and embedded Linux systems. Proven ability to manage software from design through deployment, ensuring robust performance and reliability in field operations.

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C ProgrammingC++ ProgrammingRust ProgrammingEmbedded Linux IntegrationHardware Integration

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Hard Skills

Real-Time OrchestrationState Machine DevelopmentDebugging Hardware LinksMCU Boundary LiteracyVersioned Device Protocols

Tools & Technologies

CANRS-485USBEthernetNVIDIA Jetson

Industry Keywords

RoboticsMedical DevicesAutomotiveIndustrial AutomationField Diagnostics

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

LinuxRustC++

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and own edge software that runs on Queue's prescription-filling robots
Develop hardware links to motor boards and controllers over CAN, serial, USB and Ethernet
Design and test framing, timing, error handling and reconnect behavior
Build fill-sequencing state machines from intake through completion or safe stoppage
Version and maintain contracts with microcontrollers and the vision service
Coordinate software requirements for the machine's Linux image with image owners
Define field reporting, remote diagnosis, software delivery and rollback behavior
Design failure paths first and verify fail-closed behavior on the bench
Collaborate with firmware, vision, platform and systems reliability engineers
Report to the Head of Software Engineering
Take changes from design through release to bench machines, with failure paths tested first

Requirements

What you’ll need

Production experience writing C, C++ or Rust on Linux
Ownership of shipped software from design through field faults
Hardware integration over CAN, RS-485, serial links and USB
Experience debugging hardware links with an analyzer
Real-time orchestration and state machines
Experience sequencing motion, sensing and I/O where partial failure is normal
MCU boundary literacy and versioned device protocols
Substantial embedded Linux integration experience, including services, devices, start-up, configuration and updates
Experience running connected devices in the field, including updates, remote diagnostics, telemetry and recovery
Rust in production preferred
Industrial x86 and ARM platforms in a shipped product nice to have
Embedded Linux distribution ownership nice to have
Kernel and board bring-up nice to have
Hardened device platforms nice to have
NVIDIA Jetson, JetPack, Linux for Tegra and secure boot nice to have
Experience in robotics, medical devices, automotive or industrial automation nice to have

Benefits

Comp & perks

Ownership of hard parts of the edge software end to end
Small team, zero bureaucracy, high trust
Significant autonomy and influence
Direct impact on machine hardware and field behavior
Growth across hardware links, software, and field machines