As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Spot team, you will be part of a highly collaborative group that is passionate about innovation - and of course, robots! In this role, you will define and create key software infrastructure components which lets our robots operate in a performant, reliable, secure, and scalable fashion. You’ll work closely with other software developers, hardware developers, and product managers to deliver great robots to our customers.
Day to Day activities:
Create toolchains for building, verifying, and deploying system images across a variety of computer architectures.
Address systems performance issues: Debug issues encountered in the field, build instrumentation and diagnostic tools, and architect high-performance infrastructure components such as IPC systems or process/thread scheduling approaches.
Enable new hardware innovations: Derisk designs during early phases, create overall software system architecture, and create device drivers or kernel support where needed.
Ensure the security of our products using techniques like Secure Boot, Disk Encryption, Process Sandboxing, and Access Controls.
Communicate designs and best practices across the broader organization.
Mentor junior engineers and share your expertise.
Required Skills:
Linux expertise - at both kernel and user spaces. You should have a deep understanding of processes, threads, interrupt handling, file systems, IPC mechanisms, memory management, systemd, and other components.
8+ years of prior software development in C/C++, as well as shell scripting or Python.
Excellent debugging skills - both overall methodology as well as knowledge of available tools.
Performance optimization of systems.
Desired Skills:
Embedded Linux and Real Time Linux experience.
Working knowledge of hardware-accelerated compute pipelines (GPUs, ML accelerators, DSPs, etc)
Experience with common hardware protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, etc.
Hardware bring-up and debugging, including the ability to read schematics/datasheets and use common tools.
"We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position."
The base pay range for this position is between $151,284.34 to $192,887 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and a annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of software development experience in C/C++
- Linux expertise at both kernel and user spaces
- Excellent debugging skills
- Performance optimization of systems
What We Do
Boston Dynamics builds advanced mobile manipulation robots with remarkable mobility, dexterity perception and agility. We use sensor-based controls and computation to unlock the potential of complex mechanisms. Our world-class development teams develop prototypes for wild new concepts, do build-test-build engineering and field testing and transform successful designs into robot products. Our goal is to change your idea of what robots can do.
