Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Clara, CA

Design, implement, and maintain embedded Linux platform software and multi-threaded C/C++ applications for a surgical robotic system. Integrate and debug hardware (FPGA, PCIe, DMA, custom ASICs), develop kernel drivers and BSP, analyze system reliability and performance, participate in verification/validation, mentor junior engineers, and support manufacturing transfer and clinical activities.

Develop and validate embedded platform software for next-generation surgical systems. Perform board bring-up, bootloader/BSP customization, peripheral driver integration, and embedded Linux development for video, UI, and ML applications. Collaborate with hardware engineers, create and run test plans, and build automated test frameworks to ensure robustness, manufacturability, and serviceability.

Lead a small team to design and implement embedded graphical user interfaces for robotic surgical systems using Qt and modern C/C++. Contribute to system/software architecture, collaborate with designers and cross-functional engineers, prototype new UI technologies, and ensure robust development from prototype through production including test and calibration strategies.

Design and implement production-quality embedded UIs for novel robotic medical systems using Qt/QML and C++. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define architecture, decompose requirements, and own the software lifecycle from prototyping through verification and release, ensuring performance, safety, and regulatory compliance.

Lead system-level software verification for robotic surgical systems: design, develop, and execute test protocols; generate test reports and requirement traceability; manage defects; perform regression and impact analysis; analyze test data and recommend design improvements; collaborate with cross-functional teams for V&V under regulatory quality requirements.

Develop and automate software tests and CI/CD pipelines for robotic surgical systems; define and execute test plans, analyze test data, log and debug issues, produce dashboards and reports, and contribute to reliability and verification strategy for electromechanical embedded platforms.

Lead development and maintenance of software test infrastructure, including hardware testbeds and simulated test scenarios. Implement CI/CD-driven testing, integrate simulation tools, expand off-nominal test coverage, mentor engineers, and coordinate cross-team testing policy and planning to improve release velocity and mission success.

Develop and integrate end-to-end vehicle software features in C/C++, collaborating with hardware teams and customers to define use cases, design test rigs, debug electronic systems, and validate on-vehicle performance. Manage integrations across embedded, cloud, and UI components to meet customer requirements.

Architect and develop reliable embedded software for vehicle platforms. Integrate vendor components and low-level peripherals, implement RTOS and Android/AOSP services, perform deep hardware and Android debugging, bring up and productionize custom device software, and collaborate cross-functionally to maintain product releases.

Lead design and delivery of Muon's in-house simulation services. Integrate physical simulation models into products, align roadmaps with mission needs, collaborate with stakeholders and test teams, define success metrics, and mentor engineers to improve planning, estimation, and automated testing integration.

Lead and build internal information systems platforms and tools. Hands-on full‑stack development, own end-to-end delivery, define architecture and technology choices, align roadmaps with mission needs, define metrics, and collaborate across teams to automate manual tasks and improve operations.

Lead architecture, design, development, integration, and testing of flight and embedded software for satellites. Implement drivers, platform services, RTOS-based applications on ARM Cortex-M, integrate hardware, define standards, enable testing strategies, and mentor senior engineers.

Lead development of department-scale software test infrastructure, define testing policy and metrics, integrate Hardware-in-the-Loop and simulations into automated CI/CD testing, collaborate with hardware and simulation teams, mentor engineers, and improve test reporting and delivery velocity.

Design and implement full-stack, infrastructure, robotics, and graphics solutions for autonomy development workflows. Scope and lead complex architectural work, influence technical strategy, deliver new products and features across the stack, and mentor other engineers while interacting closely with users.

Own and maintain HD maps infrastructure across products. Define map storage formats, distribute map data, and support UIs, data pipelines, storage, and SDKs. Collaborate with engineers and customers to design and build mapping and localization solutions.

Design, build, and scale open-source data infrastructure across collection, ingestion, storage, querying, and retrieval. Improve ingestion pipelines, expose performant query interfaces and integration hooks, and deploy reliable data platform features across cloud, hybrid, and on‑prem environments.

Build cloud-based mission planning and control systems, design cloud architecture, manage deployments with Kubernetes/Helm/AWS Lambda, process spacecraft telemetry with Kafka/InfluxDB/Grafana, integrate APIs with ground station networks, ensure low-latency fault-tolerant systems, and deploy infrastructure across workstations, on-premises data centers, and cloud environments.

Build and optimize edge and cloud data pipelines to run perception models, integrate foundation models for labeling and QA, scale data engine architecture, and develop MLOps tooling. Collaborate with DoD customers and use software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop testing to accelerate model iteration and deployment to edge systems.

Senior software engineer responsible for designing and delivering complex cross-team projects, estimating work, measuring goal-aligned metrics, owning area goals, mentoring engineers, upholding coding and testing standards, and selecting core technologies. Ideal candidate quickly learns new systems and solves automation and fault-handling problems across robotics, embedded, mobile, simulation, or distributed systems domains.

Design and implement C++11+ software across the full stack, infrastructure, robotics, and graphics for autonomy products. Own technical and product decisions, write design documents, mentor engineers, and collaborate with domain experts to build tools and features for customers' autonomy workflows.

Design, develop, integrate, and test flight and embedded software for satellites using ARM Cortex-M and RTOS/bare-metal environments. Implement drivers, platform and application code, integrate hardware, participate in architecture decisions, and support on-orbit operations and testing.

Build and operate end-to-end ML infrastructure: distributed cloud GPU training, datasets, training frameworks, evaluation, deployment, and integrate pipelines into product workflows while collaborating with modeling teams.

Design and implement full‑stack, infrastructure, robotics, and graphics solutions for autonomy workflows. Develop new products and features, write design documents, mentor engineers, own technical and product decisions, and collaborate with domain experts and customers to shorten time to market.

Design and implement a full-stack operating system: kernel, system services, runtime, application framework, BSPs, HALs, and device drivers. Write and review performance-critical code, implement IPC, memory management, security sandboxing, networking, and power/performance features. Collaborate with hardware partners/OEMs, engage with open-source projects, and mentor engineering peers.

Develop and maintain AOSP and system software for ARM64 automotive platforms, including HALs, services, libraries, kernel modules, BSP/firmware, and hypervisors. Diagnose crashes and performance issues, optimize OS-level performance and stability, and collaborate with hardware, firmware, testers, and product teams to integrate system software with vehicle applications.