Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems

About Standard Bots

Standard Bot’s mission is to significantly lower the barrier to entry to real-world automation, bringing the power of bits to the world of atoms and unlocking productivity for entire new industries and users. Our robotics, vision, and networking platform is the basis for our company’s ambitious goals- and a platform of such magnitude requires a deep investment in extensibility, simplicity, and reliability. Embedded Systems engineering is the basis of the entire company’s mission. The foundations they build to empower not only the company, but entire industries.

What you'll do

We’re looking for seasoned and skilled technical leaders to help architect the future of robotics through best in class, modern software engineering practices. We're looking for seasoned and skilled technical leaders to help architect robust backend systems that power our robotics platform. As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will work on critical infrastructure that enables safe and reliable robot operations, from hardware integrations to state management and control systems. You’ll work on new R&D hardware as well as our production robot hardware.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust backend architectures for robot control and state management

• Build and maintain test infrastructure to ensure system safety and reliability

• Develop the firmware for hardware integration of various robotics peripherals (cameras, grippers, sensors)

• Drive technical decisions around system architecture and engineering best practices

• Create reliable APIs and services that enable seamless robot operations

• Implement monitoring, logging, and debugging systems for robot operations

• Mentor other engineers on backend architecture and system design principles

Software Stack and Ownership Areas

The Systems Group focuses on foundational technologies including motor control, Linux host OS configuration, system health monitoring/logging, and robotic control systems.

Tech Stack

• Embedded: STM32, C / C++, RTOS

• Host & Services: Linux, NodeJS / TypeScript

• Infrastructure & Tooling: Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD

Who you are

💡 We do not require or favor any background in robotics

We’re looking for engineers who are self-driven, optimistic, creative, and resourceful. We have no requirements for a background in robotics, but find most success with engineers excited by the domain and looking to apply their expertise and experience in a new, fascinating area.

Skills you’ll bring

• Experience: You have a strong technical background, including 5+ years working in complex environments

• Growth + Optimism: You are excited by new domains and challenges, and eager to pick up new context to accelerate your impact

• Clarity of Communication: You excel in written and verbal communication and enjoy leveraging your skills to support your peers

• Impact Driven: You relentlessly seek user impact and value execution over technical idealism

• Proactive Simplicity: You prioritize simplicity, reliability, and velocity and proactively identify opportunities to improve proposed implementations or incumbent systems

• Excelling in Ambitious Environments: You excel in dynamic and ambitious environments, working with a diverse group of individuals and backgrounds

Compensation and Benefits:
The salary range for this role is $170,000 to $210,000, depending on experience. Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at Standard Bots.