Staff Software Engineer, Robust.AI

Computer Vision, Embedded Systems and CUDA

Salary not provided

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Linux

Tensorflow

C++

CUDA

Flow

PyTorch

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in San Carlos, CA

Industrial-grade cognitive engine for robotics

Open for applications

Industrial-grade cognitive engine for robotics

21-100 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceLogisticsManufacturingDeep TechRobotics

Open for applications

Salary not provided

+ Stock options

Linux

Tensorflow

C++

CUDA

Flow

PyTorch

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in San Carlos, CA

21-100 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceLogisticsManufacturingDeep TechRobotics

Company mission

To make robots work for people.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
4+ years of experience in software engineering
Expertise in C++ and CUDA C
Proven ability to optimize software for NVIDIA Jetson platforms
Excellent software engineering and algorithm development skills
Familiarity with Nvidia’s edge inference ecosystem (VPI, TensorRT, Deepstream, Isaac ROS, GXF, etc.)

Desirable

Experience optimizing 2D and 3D vision algorithms for NVIDIA Jetson (e.g., stereo vision, optical flow, detection, tracking, pose estimation)
Familiarity with deep learning algorithms and pipelines
Experience with sensor calibration (both extrinsic and intrinsic), including multi-camera systems
Proficiency with specialized libraries and frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenCV, PCL)
Experience with robotics system transport layers (e.g., ROS, GRPC, NATS, ZeroMQ)
Knowledge of inter-process communication over shared memory
Experience with embedded Linux environments (such as Yocto)
Strong experience with multithreading and multithreading frameworks

What the job involves

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to develop, deploy, and optimize advanced robot perception systems on integrated hardware
You will collaborate with a team of leading researchers and engineers in robotics and AI to build the next generation of robotics vision systems
The role focuses primarily on C++ and CUDA C, with an emphasis on embedded systems, particularly NVIDIA Jetson. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in robotics software development and software engineering
Lead optimization efforts for on-robot software and coordinate across teams
Collaborate with perception and robotics teams to develop, deploy, and optimize code for NVIDIA Jetson platforms
Scale and refine cutting-edge research to ensure efficient performance on robotic compute and sensor systems
Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code
Create thorough documentation for seamless API understanding

Our take

Increasing complexity in supply chains and demand has meant manufacturing and logistics are incorporating more robotics and automation. These systems, however, can be cumbersome, costly, and brittle, meaning it’s difficult for them to adapt to new demand. Robust’s solution is a platform enabling rapid, no-code setup of robotic transport systems in warehouses to help transport materials and tools.

The idea is that these robots work with, not instead of, human workforces - and it’s just the first slate of applications for Robust’s deeper tech. The aim is to develop an all-purpose cognitive engine that will produce robots that can make decisions in open-ended environments.

The potential applications for a common-sense cognitive platform are sweeping, even if Robust’s beginnings are fairly modest. It’s planning to build out its own datasets and pursue strategic alliances with companies across different verticals - it’s already in conversation with iRobot for application of its AI layer in homes, for example.

With the heavy-hitting founding team of robotics veterans at the helm, Robust is making painstaking and careful progress in what is growing to be a multi-billion dollar global robotics industry. It will be interesting to see how its tech progresses.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Apr 2023

$20m

SERIES A

Oct 2020

$15m

SERIES A

Total funding: $42.5m

Company HQ

San Carlos, CA

Leadership

Anthony Jules

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Worked as Principal at robotics company Jules Studios, before serving as COO and VP of Product at Redwood Robotics, and then Head of Product & Program Management at X, the moonshot factory. Ultimately spent time as CTO/Advisor for Formant.

Rodney Brooks

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Previously co-founded Lucid, iRobot (sold to Uber), and Rethink Robotics, and for the latter two also served as CTO. Additionally spent nearly three decades as the Panasonic Professor of Robotics at MIT.

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