Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Robotics Platform

Serve Robotics

. Design, develop, test, and maintain robotics middleware and application frameworks using modern C++ on embedded Linux .

Posted 9/26/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $167,800 - $204,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsLinuxC++

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, test, and maintain robotics middleware and application frameworks using modern C++ on embedded Linux
Own platform components from technical design and implementation through validation, deployment, and operation across the robot fleet
Partner with software teams to identify reliability, performance, and developer experience problems and deliver reusable solutions
Collaborate with Autonomy and Systems Engineering on risk assessments, failure analysis, fault-handling strategies, and software architecture
Translate system-level safety and reliability requirements into software behavior, interfaces, and verification strategies
Develop instrumentation, benchmarks, logging, tracing, and fleet-level metrics to improve software performance, reliability, and system health
Diagnose and resolve system-level issues involving concurrency, scheduling, IPC, networking, and constrained compute resources
Evaluate technical tradeoffs and contribute to architecture decisions improving scalability, maintainability, and reliability
Lead technical design and code reviews and contribute to engineering standards, development practices, and documentation
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers
Occasionally participate onsite in robotics hardware integration, testing, troubleshooting, or validation activities

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years of professional software engineering experience
Significant experience developing production software in modern C++ (C++17 and newer)
Experience developing and debugging systems software in embedded Linux environments
Strong understanding of multithreaded programming, concurrency, synchronization, interprocess communication, and systems-level software development
Experience designing software for latency-sensitive, safety-related, real-time, or high-reliability systems
Experience profiling and optimizing embedded software for performance, reliability, and resource utilization
Experience independently owning complex software components through design, implementation, testing, and deployment
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across software and hardware boundaries
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate across software, systems, and hardware engineering teams
Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles, or similar complex systems is a standout qualification
Experience with NVIDIA Jetson or similar embedded computing platforms is a standout qualification
Knowledge of Linux internals, scheduling, resource management, device interfaces, and IPC mechanisms is a standout qualification
Experience with fault-tolerant architecture, failure-mode analysis, functional safety, or safety-related software development is a standout qualification
Experience with distributed systems, networking, RPC frameworks, or Protocol Buffers, FlatBuffers, or Cap’n Proto is a standout qualification
Experience developing telemetry, observability, health monitoring, or diagnostic capabilities is a standout qualification
Experience integrating software with sensors, embedded hardware, or robotic system components is a standout qualification