Software Engineer, Autonomy Platform

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration.

We are seeking a talented and experienced Software Engineer to take our autonomy platform software architecture to the next level. This role is focused on building foundational frameworks and internal tools for developing and testing robot software. The ideal candidate has experience collaborating closely with domain experts to design and implement system software components that are efficient, stable, and delightful to use.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain our on-robot software framework for executing, monitoring and testing the autonomy system on our humanoid robot
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary robotics, firmware development, and infrastructure teams to identify autonomy framework system requirements and take the lead on satisfying them
• Design and implement internal tools that accelerate development and expand software and hardware testing capabilities
• Continuously raise the quality of our product by identifying gaps and advocating for improvements across the stack
• Provide technical guidance and support to other team members, fostering a culture of excellence and innovation

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field
• Strong proficiency in both C++ and Python
• Minimum of 4 years of experience designing flexible, performant software and interfaces for resource-constrained systems such as robots or mobile devices
• Experience with Linux and development tools such as debuggers and performance profilers

• Familiarity with standard robotics frameworks such as ROS/ROS2
• Expertise in GPU programming with CUDA
• Experience with real-time simulation tools and their applications to robotics
• Experience deploying test infrastructure for continuous integration on hardware platforms
• Expertise in a robotics discipline such as perception, motion planning, SLAM or state estimation