Senior Software Engineer, Nimble Robotics
Robotics
$190-225k
+ Equity
Autonomous logistics powered by generalist superhumanoid robots
Open for applications
Autonomous logistics powered by generalist superhumanoid robots
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$190-225k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To enable affordable same-day fulfilment for every eCommerce retailer, large and small.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related engineering field
- 5+ years of software engineering experience building production robotics systems
- Strong proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Rust, Python, C++
- Proven ability to design, implement, and maintain complex, high-reliability software systems
- Experience integrating software with sensors, actuators and embedded systems
- Familiarity with software best practices including testing, documentation, code reviews, and robust architectural design
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams
- Willingness to support production operations through an on-call rotation
Desirable
- Exposure to automation environments such as warehousing, manufacturing, or logistics
- Experience with real-time embedded system development, with RTOS or bare-metal firmware
- Experience with safety-critical systems
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer in Robotics to build the core software powering our next-generation autonomous robots. In this role, you will develop the systems that allow our robots to operate with exceptional reliability, precision, and efficiency in real production environments
- You will work across robotics and autonomy—building robust, production-grade software that scales as we deploy more robots into high-throughput warehouse operations. You’ll collaborate closely with our AI, hardware, and infrastructure teams to integrate frontier AI capabilities into practical, real-world robotics systems and to continually improve robot uptime, performance, and overall intelligence
- Lead design and implementation of robot behaviors and task-level intelligence across the full robotics stack, integrating perception, planning and control into reliable end-to-end execution
- Design and implement task orchestration and robot behaviors across nominal and edge-case scenarios, ensuring high task success rate and robust recovery
- Drive measurable improvements in autonomy quality, using data and operational metrics to iterate on task success rate, recovery behavior, and system reliability
- Collaborate with hardware engineering on seamless software–hardware integration for new robot platforms and upgrades
- Participate and lead technical design reviews and drive architecture decisions for core subsystems and features
- Mentor cross-functional engineers and technicians, and raise the bar on reliability, testing, and operational excellence
- Triage robotics system issues to ensure reliability of production robotics systems; help diagnose and resolve operational issues when they arise
Our take
Assembly lines are valuable workflows for eCommerce businesses, but most of these are still handled by humans. The manufacturing process of most products is repetitive and algorithmic, raising questions as to why humans are still required for the job.
Nimble Robotics provides robotic solutions for automated end-to-end manufacturing, including piece-picking, sorting and packing. The services are aimed towards an eCommerce audience, reducing unnecessary staffing costs and increasing efficiency and workflow. To do this, they use robots which are capable of picking apparel, electronics, accessories, convenience items, groceries, beauty products, shoes, and more with 99.9% accuracy at 700+ UPH.
Nimble's robots are customized for every client to ensure the workflow fits their manufacturing needs. The company's network of warehouses is set to provide brands with 1-2 day services for +96% of the U.S. population, meaning Nimble is well set to see substantial growth, especially after its impressive Series A financing. This will enable it to accelerate hiring, product and technology development whilst scaling its product.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2024
$106m
SERIES C
Mar 2023
$65m
SERIES B
Total funding: $221m
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Simon Kalouche
(Founder & CEO)Simon previously worked as a Robotics Engineer for NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and was a Robotics & Mechatronics Engineer for HEBI Robotics.
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