Principal Robotics Software Engineer

Role overview

Own technical leadership and architectural direction for complex software running on autonomous platforms. The position focuses on building robust, safety-critical production systems that can influence vehicle safety behavior, control the vehicle, and expose valuable data signals. You will operate as a senior technical authority while partnering with hardware, perception, product, and other engineering teams to bring autonomy capabilities into reliable operation.

The role is full-time and remote within the United States, with visa sponsorship available.

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of complex robotics software systems.
• Set architectural direction for software that controls autonomous vehicles and changes their safety behavior.
• Build or integrate interfaces that provide access to important vehicle and system data signals.
• Make technical decisions across multiple engineering groups and maintain alignment on system design.
• Partner with hardware, perception, and product leaders to turn autonomy goals into production software.
• Mentor engineers and raise the quality, reliability, and maintainability of the robotics codebase.

• Principal-level experience designing and delivering software for robotics, autonomous vehicles, or other safety-critical systems.
• Strong architectural judgment across complex, distributed, or hardware-integrated software systems.
• Experience leading technical initiatives that cross organizational and disciplinary boundaries.
• Ability to balance ambitious autonomy capabilities with reliability, safety, and production constraints.
• Effective communication and mentoring skills for guiding engineers and influencing system-level decisions.