Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Platform

At Serve Robotics, we're reimagining how things move in cities. Our personable sidewalk robot is our vision for the future. It's designed to take deliveries away from congested streets, make deliveries available to more people, and benefit local businesses. The Serve fleet has been delighting merchants, customers, and pedestrians along the way in Los Angeles while doing commercial deliveries. The Serve fleet has been delighting merchants, customers, and pedestrians along the way in Los Angeles while doing commercial deliveries. We're looking for talented individuals who will grow robotic deliveries from surprising novelty to efficient ubiquity. WHO ARE WE? We are tech industry veterans in software, hardware, and design who are pooling our skills to build the future we want to live in. We are solving real-world problems leveraging robotics, machine learning and computer vision, among other disciplines, with a mindful eye towards the end-to-end user experience. Our team is agile, diverse, and driven. We believe that the best way to solve complicated dynamic problems is collaboratively and respectfully. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Infrastructure team, you'll be working on the core software components that power Serve and enable robotics application development. We're looking for a self-driven engineer who's passionate about building the future of autonomous delivery Key Responsibilities Develop and improve robotics middleware components and application frameworks. Work closely with other software teams who are using our robot platform to identify inefficiencies and create solutions to increase productivity. Design and implement systems for measuring software performance. Develop, build, and test systems that accelerate the teams development. Support integration of new hardware components. Qualifications 5 years experience developing production C++ code (C++14 and newer preferred). Experience developing real-time systems. Experience with performance optimization of embedded software. Track record of taking vaguely defined problems and converting them into robust production solutions. What makes you stand out Experience in robotics or autonomous vehicle development. Experience building distributed systems and familiarity with serialization formats such as Protocol Buffers, FlatBuffers, or Cap'n Proto Experience with build systems like Bazel. Prior experience working with sensors like cameras and Lidar. Strong knowledge of Linux, including kernel internals, scheduling, resource management, and IPC mechanisms. Experience with communication interfaces including UART, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, and MIPI CSI-2