Deft AI

Systems Engineer

San Francisco

Sponsorship not specified$100k-$200kDetected 97 days ago

C++Distributed SystemsLinuxSystems EngineeringRoboticsElectrical EngineeringManual TestingResearch

About the role

● Develop and maintain core software infrastructure supporting the robot data collection stack.
● Improve reliability and performance across the robotics software stack by diagnosing system bottlenecks and failure modes.

Develop and maintain core software infrastructure supporting the robot data collection stack.
Implement and maintain software libraries and device drivers for new sensor suites and in-house hardware modules.
Contribute to systems that support safe robot operation, including monitoring, detection, and guardrails to prevent unsafe interactions.
Develop testing infrastructure for robotics software, including unit, integration, and regression testing frameworks.
Build the observability layer for robotic systems, including telemetry, logging, and diagnostics.
Experience developing software for Linux-based systems, including multi-threaded programming, memory management, and performance optimization.
Ability to design and implement reliable systems that interact with hardware and real-world environments.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Strong programming experience in C/C++ and familiarity with Python.
Experience diagnosing and resolving reliability or performance issues in complex software systems.
Experience working with hardware-software interfaces, such as sensors, embedded devices, or networking hardware.
Strong understanding of systems fundamentals, including operating systems, networking, and concurrent programming.

Experience working with embedded or edge computing environments.
Experience with Linux systems internals, including kernel development, driver development, or low-level performance profiling.
Experience designing or operating distributed systems or cloud infrastructure.
Expected Compensation
The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.

Design and implement fleet management infrastructure, including robot health monitoring, software updates, staged rollouts, and rollback mechanisms.

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