Senior Software Engineer - Applied Research in Robotics

Research and analyze end-to-end robotics software stacks to discover, characterize, and prioritize high-impact workloads that can be accelerated on PVA.

Design, implement, test, and optimize PVA operators for robotics workloads, including end-to-end integration into real robotics pipelines.

Research parallelization and data movement strategies for mapping robotics algorithms onto PVA efficiently!

Work across camera, RADAR, LiDAR, IMU, perception, planning, and actuator paths to understand algorithmic requirements, memory behavior, timing constraints, and real-time execution needs.

Build benchmarks, validation infrastructure, and technical mentorship for robotics teams adopting PVA acceleration!

Collaborate with robotics, hardware architecture, compiler, system software, sensor, and platform teams to define acceleration strategies and interfaces.

Support internal and external teams developing and optimizing robotics algorithms on PVA.

Leverage modern AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows to accelerate workload analysis, algorithm creation, benchmarking, and performance exploration.

Write high-quality, maintainable C/C++ code, performance tests, user documentation, and validation infrastructure for robotics acceleration workflows.

BS/MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.

5+ years of experience in robotics software, embedded systems, accelerated computing, computer vision, sensor processing, perception systems, or related areas.

Strong robotics algorithm knowledge, with practical understanding of perception, sensor fusion, control, planning, or actuator pipelines.

Strong C/C++ programming skills, including low-level debugging, performance profiling, optimization, and production-quality software development.