Senior Software Engineer, ROS

FieldAI’s Irvine team is where embodied AI meets real robots, real sensors, and real field deployments. Based in the heart of Southern California’s robotics ecosystem, we build risk-aware, reliable, field-ready AI systems that solve the hardest problems in robotics and unlock the full potential of embodied intelligence. If you want your work to ship, get tested on hardware, and improve through real deployments, Irvine is the place.

We go beyond typical data-driven approaches or pure transformer-only architectures, combining rigorous engineering with learning systems proven in globally deployed solutions that deliver results today and get better every time our robots run in the field.

As a ROS Developer , you will play a critical role in developing advanced robotic applications built on our autonomy API for diverse real-world industries, including oil & gas, construction, and mining. You will focus on designing, implementing, and optimizing perception, localization, and control modules using ROS/ROS2 to create production-grade software for autonomous systems operating in some of the world's harshest environments.

This role is ideal for engineers passionate about sensor integration, robust system development, and deploying scalable autonomy solutions tailored to high-impact industrial applications.

FieldAI’s Irvine team is where embodied AI meets real robots, real sensors, and real field deployments. Based in the heart of Southern California’s robotics ecosystem, we build risk-aware, reliable, field-ready AI systems that solve the hardest problems in robotics and unlock the full potential of embodied intelligence. If you want your work to ship, get tested on hardware, and improve through real deployments, Irvine is the place.

We go beyond typical data-driven approaches or pure transformer-only architectures, combining rigorous engineering with learning systems proven in globally deployed solutions that deliver results today and get better every time our robots run in the field.

As a ROS Developer , you will play a critical role in developing advanced robotic applications built on our autonomy API for diverse real-world industries, including oil & gas, construction, and mining. You will focus on designing, implementing, and optimizing perception, localization, and control modules using ROS/ROS2 to create production-grade software for autonomous systems operating in some of the world's harshest environments.

This role is ideal for engineers passionate about sensor integration, robust system development, and deploying scalable autonomy solutions tailored to high-impact industrial applications.

• Develop and maintain ROS/ROS2 packages for robotic autonomy, including navigation, mapping, and control
• Integrate and calibrate multi‑modal sensors (LiDAR, thermal, RGB, GPS, IMU) for use in autonomous missions
• Help in building autonomy APIs that allow modular interfacing with SLAM, path planning, and mission logic
• Implement and optimize real‑time data processing pipelines using C++ and Python
• Collaborate with perception engineers on integrating AI‑driven insights for robotic decision‑making
• Design and test autonomous behavior on physical platforms in real‑world field scenarios
• Troubleshoot robotic systems at the hardware‑software interface and develop diagnostics and recovery systems

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field
• Strong software engineering skills, with proven experience building production‑quality robotics applications
• Expertise in C++ and Python, writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code using modern best practices
• Hands‑on experience developing with ROS/ROS2, including designing, building, and…