Embedded Robotics Software Engineer @ Boston Dynamics AI Institute

Our Mission

Our mission is to solve the most important and fundamental challenges in AI and Robotics to enable future generations of intelligent machines that will help us all live better lives.

Software Engineers will work cross-functionally, creating new technology to improve software development for robots. If you have a passion for developing technology for robots and use it to advance their capabilities and usefulness, you will want to join us! We are onsite in our new Cambridge, MA office where we are building a collaborative and exciting new organization.

Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with research teams on tools that improve software development on robots
Develop high performance algorithms and improve systems
Create and support open source robotics software
Promote quality and reliability through regular code reviews

Requirements

7+ years experience delivering robust code
BS or MS in computer science, robotics, physics, electrical/mechanical/aerospace engineering, or a related field
Experience with C or C++
Experience with git, issue tracking, CI/CD, and modern software engineering practices
Strong troubleshooting skills
Experience implementing and troubleshooting an RTOS with hard real-time requirements on embedded microcontrollers
Experience implementing and troubleshooting common communication protocols (CAN, I2C, SPI, RS-485, EtherCAT, etc.)
Knowledge of synchronization and resource sharing for memory-constrained systems
Comfortable using common electrical engineering tools (schematics, logic analyzer, oscilloscope, etc.) to evaluate and rework hardware systems

Bonus (Not Required)

Experience working with robots, control, kinematics, machine learning, physics simulators, or similar applications
Experience with data processing, logging, and visualization tools
Experience with ROS, gRPC, LCM, or other inter-process communication middleware technologies
Experience operating as a technical lead
Experience with robot sensors (IMU, Cameras, etc.)
Experience with FPGA and/or FPGA/ARM SOC (i.e. Zynq) programming
Experience with bootloaders
Experience with Python scripting

We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Responsibilities

Requirements

Bonus (Not Required)

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