Senior/Staff Robotics Software Engineer

• Bachelor's, Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

• Strong proficiency in modern C++ (at least C++11) is a must.
• Knowledge of DDS, or an alternative asynchronous structured IPC mechanism (e.g., gRPC).
• Proficiency with implementing and evaluating software architecture in the context of latency-minimization, determinism, and reliability.

• 5+(Senior)/8+(Staff) years of C++ robot controls software development.
• 5+(Senior)/8+(Staff) years deploying and testing software in a Linux environment.
• Prior experience working on mission-critical software.
• Prior experience with medical device development is a plus.
• Prior experience with embedded C/C++ is useful.

• Ability to independently implement high-performance Linux systems software.
• Quantitative profiling and performance optimization experience (either using a tool like gprof or instrumenting software with your own tooling).
• Experience with an observability framework is helpful, particularly one tailored to robotics telemetry data.
• Ability to analyze latency and jitter of high-frequency data in a distributed system.
• Experience with software deployment procedures (configuration management, containerized builds, etc.) is preferred.
• Experience with motor control for serial robotic manipulators is preferred.
• Experience with kinematics and rigid-body dynamics is helpful for collaborating on control algorithms which use the servo drives that you integrate.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational abilities.
• Good communication skills to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including software engineers, electrical/mechanical engineers, and product managers.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment and adapt to new challenges.

• Comfortable working in a lab or workshop environment alongside surgical robotic systems.
• Ability to work on-site for hands-on software integration.

• Software Implementation:
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining robot controls software that provides real-time-safe data transfer and observability mechanisms.
• Optimizing the controls data pipeline across PCs with network and DDS QoS configuration.
• Bridging the timing gap between non-deterministic IPC mechanisms and deterministic event-loops.
• Collaborating with control algorithm engineers on optimizing the performance of their control loops.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high performance of software modules.
• Engage in pair programming, code reviews, and design discussions to maintain high coding standards.

• Test your software with and without hardware, implementing the appropriate virtual fixtures where it saves time and aids in automation.
• Strive for the simplest possible, most easily testable software design, to make unit- and integration-test coverage seamless.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-tech startup that is poised to revolutionize surgical robotics in ophthalmology.