Software Engineer

Pivot Robotics
  • San Francisco, California
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Responsibilities

    • Design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable software systems for production automation

    • Build core libraries and services supporting motion planning, control, and perception pipelines

    • Architect clean interfaces between software components and hardware-facing systems

    • Develop vision and sensor-integration software that feeds downstream planning and control stacks

    • Optimize software for performance, reliability, and deterministic behavior where required

    • Write high-quality, testable Python code with strong emphasis on readability, correctness, and maintainability

    • Own software engineering best practices: code reviews, testing strategies, CI/CD, and release processes

    • Build simulation, testing, and tooling infrastructure to validate behavior prior to deployment

    • Collaborate with robotics, controls, and hardware engineers to translate system requirements into well-defined software abstractions

    • Contribute to architectural decisions as the software platform scales across customers and deployments

    Minimum Qualifications

    • B.S. in Computer Science or a related engineering field

    • Strong software engineering experience, especially in Python

    • Experience designing and maintaining complex software systems (services, libraries, APIs, or pipelines)

    • Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and systems design

    • Proficiency with Git, debugging, testing frameworks, and modern development workflows

    • Ability to work independently on ambiguous problems in a fast-paced environment

    • Due to U.S. export control regulations (ITAR), this position is limited to U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents)

    Optional Qualifications

    • M.S. in Computer Science or a related field

    • Experience working on systems that interact with hardware, real-time constraints, or external devices

    • Familiarity with robotics, motion planning, control systems, or computer vision (helpful but not required)

    • Experience with ROS or similar middleware

    • Knowledge of performance optimization, concurrency, or distributed systems

    • Experience deploying software to edge, embedded, or hybrid cloud environments

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Francisco, California

    Skills

    • Algorithmsunmatched
    • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
    • Architectural Servicesunmatched
    • Automationunmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Code Reviewsunmatched
    • Computer Engineeringunmatched
    • Computer Scienceunmatched
    • Computer Visionunmatched
    • Concurrencyunmatched
    • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
    • Continuous Integrationunmatched
    • Control Systemsunmatched
    • Data Structuresunmatched
    • Debugging Skillsunmatched
    • Distributed Computingunmatched
    • Gitunmatched
    • Middlewareunmatched
    • Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
    • Production Systemsunmatched
    • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
    • Regulationsunmatched
    • Roboticsunmatched
    • Simulationunmatched
    • Software Administrationunmatched
    • Software Engineeringunmatched
    • Systems Engineeringunmatched
    • Systems Maintenanceunmatched
    • Systems Scalabilityunmatched
    • Test Strategyunmatched
    • Test Toolsunmatched
    • Testingunmatched

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