Senior Robotic Software Developer

Senior Robotic Software Developer

As a Senior Robotic Software Developer, you will emphasize platform-level ownership, including system architecture, deployment workflows, and ensuring reproducibility and reliability across development and on‑robot environments. You will work at the intersection of research and real‑world deployment, helping bring advanced robotics capabilities into industry applications. You will be responsible for the integration of mobile manipulators, combining autonomous mobile robots with robotic manipulators to enable complex industrial tasks.

Hybrid in Waterloo, ON (at least Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at Rockwell location).

• Lead architecture design for platform‑level systems, defining interfaces, abstractions, and long‑term evolution strategy
• Drive integration strategies across heterogeneous subsystems and environments
• Design for fault tolerance, graceful degradation, and recovery in real‑world systems
• Design and maintain deployment workflows and CI/CD pipelines for robotics applications
• Ensure reproducibility across development, simulation, and physical system environments
• Manage software lifecycle, versioning, and release processes for deployed systems
• Improve overall system reliability, stability, and operational readiness
• Investigate and resolve system‑level issues spanning software, hardware, and networking
• Define and implement observability strategies
• Develop tools to analyze system performance and identify bottlenecks
• Work closely with our research team to apply modern robotics research, such as motion planning, perception, and manipulation, to real‑world robotic systems
• Evaluate new technologies and approaches through prototyping, benchmarking, and validation
• Identify risks and trade‑offs when integrating new capabilities into existing platforms

• Experience integrating complex robotic systems across multiple subsystems
• Strong understanding of software‑hardware interfaces and real‑world system constraints
• Familiarity with robot kinematics, motion planning, or control systems
• Understanding of distributed systems, networking, and inter‑process communication
• Experience building and maintaining deployment workflows and pipelines
• Familiarity with containerization and environment management
• Experience with CI/CD tools and reproducible build systems
• Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to debug issues across a complex system
• Experience diagnosing issues across software, hardware, and networking boundaries
• Familiarity with profiling, tracing, and performance analysis tools
• Experience building tools or systems for automated diagnostics and monitoring

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience
• Legal authorization to work in Canada; no visa sponsorship

• Typically requires 5+ years of related experience
• Strong programming skills in C++ and Python, with experience in Linux‑based systems
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including testing, versioning, and code quality
• Familiarity with concurrency, performance optimization, and memory management
• Experience with ROS and ROS2 ecosystems
• 3+ years of experience with mobile manipulators and autonomous mobile robots
• Familiarity with digital twin or simulation‑driven development workflows
• 3+ years of experience with Intel, NVIDIA, and ARM platforms
• 3+ years of experience with real‑time systems

$100,000 – $150,000 CAD annually, target based on skills, knowledge, education, and experience.

• Health Insurance including Medical and Dental
• Health Care Spending Account (HCSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Retirement plans
• Paid Time Off
• Volunteering Time Off
• Employer Savings Plan Matching (RRSP, TFSA, EPSP)
• Employer Paid DC Pension
• Maternity and Parental Leave
• Top‑Up Fitness Reimbursement Program
• Flexible Work Schedule

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans. If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at +1 (519)618‑4899.