Senior Robotics Software Engineer

At Path Robotics, we're building the future of embodied intelligence. Our AI-driven systems enable robots to adapt, learn, and perform in the real world closing the skilled labor gap and transforming industries. We're seeking a Senior Robotics Software Engineer who thrives on hard systems problems. You'll write modern C++ across the full robotics stack — perception and scanning, motion and task planning, real-time execution, and closed-loop control — and see your code run on live robotic cells doing real work.

Responsibilities

Build motion and trajectory planning for a variety of task goals; Develop kinematics, reachability, and motion planning; Build the real-time control and feedback loops; Extend robots to mobile platforms — localization, mapping, and navigation; Own the driver layer that connects to robot hardware; Advance the stack with learning-based methods and simulation

Requirements

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or Mathematics — or equivalent experience; 5+ years building robotics software in modern C++; Hands-on experience with real-time robotics, motion control, or controls software; Comfortable with multithreading, concurrency, and debugging systems-level behavior; Fluent developing and operating software on Linux, with Git; Familiar with solid engineering practice — some mix of TDD, unit testing, and CI/CD

Nice to have

Python; experience with learning-based methods or robot simulation (RL, imitation learning, sim-to-real); SLAM and navigation; ROS

Benefits

Daily free lunch; Flexible PTO; Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage; 6 weeks fully paid parental leave plus additional 6–8 weeks for birthing parents (12–14 weeks total); 401(k) retirement plan through Empower; Generous employee referral bonuses