Staff Systems Engineer - Robot-as-a-Service Platform

• Define functional and non-functional requirements for the RaaS platform — including its interfaces to the robot, to customer software, and to operator-facing tools.
• Specify architectural constraints (latency, availability, security posture, data ownership, failure semantics) without overconstraining the design.
• Own the contracts at key system boundaries: robot APIs, integration APIs for external software providers, and the core platform behaviors that customers depend on.
• Drive cross-functional decisions to closure — surface the few high-leverage choices, frame the trade-offs clearly, and keep the team moving.
• Translate product intent into engineering scope, and engineering reality back into language product and customers can act on.
• Go deep where it matters — across data pipelines (data collection, inference, fleet management), the robot-facing API surface, or cross-cutting concerns like security — as the platform evolves and the work demands.

• Strong modern C++ and object-oriented programming skills, multi-threading and Linux application development is required
• A genuine systems-thinking mindset: you reason about emergent behavior, failure modes, and feedback loops, not just components.
• Strong understanding of distributed software architecture — edge/cloud topologies, service boundaries, asynchronous communication, consistency and availability trade-offs.
• A track record of working effectively across product, engineering, and program management — translating between them and driving alignment.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication. You prioritize ruthlessly, write tightly, and know that an unread document is the same as no document.
• Comfort defining requirements and interfaces at the right level of abstraction — neither hand-wavy nor over-specified.
• We’re open to candidates coming from either a robotics / industrial automation background or a distributed systems / cloud platforms background. Both paths can succeed in this role.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field; master’s degree in computer science or equivalent preferred.
• 8+ years building production software systems, with significant time spent at the architecture / systems level rather than purely in code.

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
• Hearing and speech to communicate

This is a direct hire.

Please, no outside Agency solicitations.

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