Brain Corp
Staff Software Engineer, Software Systems
San Diego, CA · Staff+
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About the role
- Integrate and bring up new hardware components, including sensors such as LiDARs, cameras, and IMUs
- Contribute hands-on code to critical components while balancing long-term architectural improvements
Responsibilities
- Own the design and evolution of the robotics telemetry and replay systems, improving observability, reliability, and data quality
- Architect and develop robust C++ middleware enabling efficient communication between sensors, compute, and autonomy systems
- Collaborate closely with hardware, apps, autonomy, and QA teams to ensure seamless system integration and deployment
- Establish and enforce best practices in software design, code quality, testing, and documentation
- Provide technical mentorship and leadership to engineers, guiding design reviews and complex debugging efforts
- Drive continuous improvement of development workflows, testing strategies, and system reliability
- Drive the migration and re-architecture of HAL to support next-generation robotics platforms and evolving hardware requirements
- Opportunities to share your own interests and hobbies with the Company
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Proven experience working on robotics systems, embedded platforms, or hardware abstraction layers (HAL)
- Demonstrated experience leading complex technical initiatives or driving architectural changes in production systems
- Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics:
- Experience with build systems (e.g., CMake) and unit testing frameworks (e.g., Google Test)
Skills
- Expert-level proficiency in modern C++ (C++11 or later), including multithreading, memory management, and performance optimization
- Strong Python skills for scripting, tooling, and system integration
- Hands-on experience integrating sensors such as LiDARs, cameras, and IMUs into production systems
- Strong experience with Linux-based development environments (e.g., Ubuntu)
- Familiarity with communication protocols such as MQTT, or similar paradigms
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills in complex robotics or embedded environments
- Experience with system performance profiling and optimization (CPU, memory, latency, throughput)
- Proficiency with version control systems such as Git
- Excellent communication skills and ability to provide technical leadership and mentorship without direct management responsibility
- Experience with Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) or similar robotic systems
- Prior experience leading or contributing to large-scale system re-architecture or migration efforts
- Experience designing or improving telemetry and observability systems
Compensation
- The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in San Diego, California is $187,182 to $233,978.
- The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc.
- Brain Corp is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.
- In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of:
- A discretionary annual target bonus
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with match (no waiting period and immediate vesting)
- Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
- Generous paid time off including flexible vacation, Paid Sick Leave, time off for volunteering in the community, 10 paid company holidays, and a winter company shutdown
- Additional Perks include:
- On-campus gym including pool and tennis courts in the San Diego office
- Opportunities to connect with colleagues including monthly game nights, hikes, wellness challenges, and community events
- Internal continuous learning events
Company info
- Brain Corp is a San Diego, California, USA-based AI company creating transformative core technology for the robotics industry.
- Our purpose is to create autonomous technology that helps the real world work better.
- Brain's robotic and AI solutions help retailers ensure that the right product is on the right shelf at the right price, in a clean environment.
- Through the BrainOS® Robotics Platform, which powers the largest global fleet of the Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in operation in commercial public spaces, Brain Corp delivers insightful and efficient automated solutions in both commercial floor cleaning and inventory management, empowering organizations and their employees to achieve more.
- Brain Corp currently powers more than 50,000 AMRs, representing the largest fleet of its kind in the world.
- Brain Corp is funded by the SoftBank Vision Fund, Clearbridge, and Qualcomm Ventures.
- Named a top workplace by the San Diego Union Tribune and USA today in 2025, we make life-changing impacts through innovation, helping workers globally unlock their abilities in orchestration with intelligent machines.
This listing is sourced directly from Brain Corp's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.