Senior Robotics Software Engineer

Responsibilities:
Design, implement and maintain software modules for autonomous robot operation using the ROS2 framework, including nodes, topics, services and actions
Support the robot perception stack by building and maintaining data pipelines for collection, labelling, and preprocessing, and by assisting in the training and evaluation of AI models.
Develop and integrate AI/ML models into the robot software stack, including model selection, fine-tuning, performance benchmarking, and deployment onto edge hardware.
Research and evaluate other state-of-the-art AI techniques relevant to robotics, including object detection, semantic segmentation, depth estimation, and scene understanding.
Perform accurate calibration of on-robot sensors, including cameras and LIDAR.
Design, implement and maintain firmware logic, architecture and device-to-device communication using standard protocols (CAN, I2C, SPI) with a focus on reliability, latency and power constraints.
Evaluate and integrate third-party open-source libraries, SDKs and/or APIs where beneficial.
Design and execute testing strategies including unit, integration and HIL tests to validate software correctness and system performance.
Systematically diagnose and resolve software and firmware issues across the stack, implementing root-cause fixes rather than symptomatic patches.
Develop and maintain tooling for build systems, testing, logging and remote diagnostics.
Participate in cross-functional design reviews, code reviews and contribute to internal documentation and engineering standards.
You may also be involved in:
Hands-on assembly, wiring and soldering of electronic subsystems as part of prototype bring-up and iteration.
Occasional on-site deployment and testing at live operational environments (e. g., construction sites), requiring adaptability and safety-consciousness.
Fabrication of mechanical prototypes using tools including 3D printers, drills, angle grinders, etc.
Requirements:
Proficiency in C++17 or later for performance-critical systems.
Proficiency in Python for scripting, tooling, and ML pipelines.
Experience with embedded development in C.
Familiarity with robotics simulation environments like Gazebo for development and validation.
Proficiency with ROS2
Experience with version control (Git) and collaborative development workflows.
Familiarity with software design principles and CI/CD pipelines (e. g., GitHub Actions).
Nice-to-haves:
Familiarity with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, and common computer vision libraries (e. g., OpenCV, Ultralytics).
Familiarity with cross-compilation build systems for embedded systems (arm-none-eabi).
Experience with electronics is a plus.
Experience working within the Asian robotics and automation ecosystem
Experience integrating, developing or deploying systems using Chinese robotics hardware and products.
Values/ Culture:
Excited to work in a fast-moving startup environment where your work directly shapes the product and puts you close to real-world operations and clients.
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to self-direct in an environment where priorities evolve rapidly.
Strong first-principles thinking, comfortable defining success metrics and making reasoned decisions with limited data.
Self-motivated and impact-driven, with a track record of going beyond the minimum through personal projects, open-source contributions or extracurricular technical work.
Excited about robotics and similar technical areas and exploring them in work and other projects.
Approach unfamiliar problems with curiosity and a growth mindset.
Eager to learn across domains including hardware, software and operations.

Skills
C, C++, C++17, Python, ROS, ROS2

Experience
3-6 yrs