What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Software Engineer position at Boston Dynamics?
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Perception and Safety R&D Team, you will join a small cross-functional group developing robotic perception technologies that will enable our robots to operate and other sensors on dedicated computing platforms. You will have the opportunity to help deploy ML safely around people. In this role you will write software that runs on our robots, and integrate cameras and models that will give our robots a new understanding of their environment, and create a safety-critical software stack that will unlock the ability for human-robot collaboration.
Working on a small team, you'll have the opportunity to take end-to-end ownership of new systems which will become part of our future products. If you are creative, thrive in a small team environment, and passionate about a world where humans and robots truly work together - come join us!
How You Will Make An Impact
Working on a small team, you'll have the opportunity to take end-to-end ownership of new systems which will become part of our future products. If you are creative, thrive in a small team environment, and passionate about a world where humans and robots truly work together - come join us!
How You Will Make An Impact
- Design, create, and validate software which combines computer vision, ML, functional safety, and embedded systems.
- Integrate and evaluate new systems with our robots to test and deliver safe robotics.
- Lead cross-functional technical efforts involving interdisciplinary efforts to develop robotic systems.
- Help build the infrastructure and operations for a unique small R&D team inside of Boston Dynamics working closely together to unlock new capabilities for our robots.
- 7 years of experience in C and embedded systems.
- Experience writing and delivering safety critical software, for example for autonomous vehicles, driver assist systems, robotics, or medical devices.
- Experience deploying, profiling, and optimizing software to GPUs and/or hardware accelerators
- Experience developing performant software for dealing with data from sensors, such as cameras, lidars, radars, or IMUs.
- Experience developing software systems for time-sensitive control systems
- Knowledge of computer vision and software systems topics like networking, realtime, and drivers are a plus.
- Strong communication skills, including ability to author technical documentation and deliver presentations on technical topics
- History of leading cross-functional technical efforts through planning, technical requirement development, and interdisciplinary collaboration
- History of working in small, fast moving, interdisciplinary teams.