Robotics Software Engineer

Staff Robotics Software Engineer

Watertown, MA January 6, 2026

The Company

We believe general-purpose, generally-intelligent robots will be built in our lifetimes. Robots will work in our factories, move our goods, walk on our streets and eventually be in our homes. To build that future, research and deployment must work in lockstep: real-world operation must make the technology better and better technology must make deployment easier. We're looking for the thinkers, builders, and researchers who want to be part of that loop.

As an AI robotics company that deploys its inventions directly into the facilities that need them, on state-of-the-art hardware, every line of code written at Tutor has a direct impact on the global, physical economy.

Our Culture

We believe that something truly special can happen when talented, motivated people work together; at Tutor, every member of our team is empowered to have real impact in everything that they do. We're characterized by both technical excellence and next-level collaboration and respect.

The Role

Are you tired of writing incremental code for massive CRUD web apps? Do you want to architect and build systems from the ground up that affect change in the physical world, not just the digital one? At Tutor, we are motivated by atoms not electrons: every line of code you write impacts the foundation of the global economy, solving the core technical challenges in robotics and automation er

As a Staff Robotics Software Engineer, you will lead design and implementation of critical robotics software across motion planning, real-time control, perception and optimization systems, tooling, and robot infrastructure. You will influence technical direction, mentor other engineers, drive system architecture across the stack from embedded to cloud, and champion best practices in software and robotics engineering.

Requirements

• Exceptional programming skills with deep experience across multiple languages and systems.
• Track record of designing and owning large, complex software systems.
• Experience leading technical projects and mentoring engineers.
• Comfortable working across the stack from low-level robot control to cloud services.
• Natural collaborator, strong communicator, and excited to solve hard problems that bridge software and robotics.

Nice to haves (zero or more)

• Proven experience with Python and prior experience programming robots (e.g. with ROS or other robotics frameworks)
• Experience with manipulation, motion planning, optimization, or perception.
• Experience with infra/dev tools (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD.
• Background in hardware/software integration and real-time systems.
• Experience scaling robotics systems in production environments.

Company Details

Tutor Intelligence

Industry: Hardware & Robotics