Software Engineer, Robotics, Embedded Software Engineer

Overview

Embedded Software Engineer – Robotics / Automation

Austin, TX | Onsite

We’re supporting a robotics-led engineering company in Austin that builds and operates complex automated systems used in live production environments.

This role is open to embedded software engineers, controls engineers, and software engineers who enjoy working close to hardware. The focus is on building reliable control software that runs on real machines and scales across a fleet.

You don’t need to come from a pure robotics background. If you’ve worked on embedded systems, industrial automation, controls, or hardware-adjacent software, this could be a strong fit.

• Develop embedded and control software used on production systems
• Build and evolve control architectures with real-time constraints
• Write maintainable C++ for systems that interact with hardware
• Develop communication layers between high-level and real-time software
• Support integration, testing, and system bring-up on real machines
• Contribute to simulation, testing, and CI where helpful
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and systems engineers

• Embedded software engineers working in C or C++
• Controls or automation engineers moving toward more software-heavy roles
• Robotics engineers with production or industrial exposure
• Engineers from manufacturing, industrial, aerospace, or heavy systems

• Professional experience writing C++ in production systems
• Exposure to embedded, real-time, automation, or hardware-facing software
• Experience working with sensors, actuators, or physical systems
• Familiarity with tools like C/C++, Python, MATLAB, ROS, or PLC-style environments
• Comfort debugging systems that span software and hardware
• Strong problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn new domains

• Real-time or industrial control experience
• Robotics, motion control, or automation exposure
• Ether
  
  CAT, fieldbus, or networking experience
• System integration or commissioning experience

• You work on real machines doing real work
• Your code ships and runs in production
• You gain deep system-level exposure across software and hardware
• The environment suits engineers who like ownership and impact

If you’ve worked close to hardware and want a role where your software directly controls physical systems, this is worth a conversation.