Sr Software Engineer

Full-time

Santa Clara, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The position involves writing software for real-time robotics systems used in agriculture. This includes distilling product requirements into engineering requirements and designing the required software architecture. The role requires breaking down work and estimating time to completion, implementing code, conducting peer reviews, and performing various tests. Additionally, there will be hands-on work with agricultural equipment, debugging defects, and collaborating with quality assurance teams to verify the desired functionality.

Responsibilities

• Write software for real-time robotics systems used in agriculture, including distilling product requirements into engineering requirements.
• Design the required software architecture.
• Break down work and estimate time to completion.
• Implement in code, including peer review and various tests.
• Hands-on work with the agricultural equipment.
• Debug any defects and work with quality assurance teams to verify the desired functionality.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering or related field.
• 6 years of related experience.
• Use modern software development processes including version control, unit, integration testing, and end-to-end testing (6 yrs).
• Develop efficient algorithms and improve system performance using modern C++ and Python (6 yrs).
• Develop real-time capable C++ software in Linux for an embedded robotics system (3 yrs).
• Integrate robotics sensors and actuators on hardware systems (3 yrs).
• Experience building, debugging and maintaining interconnected systems (3 yrs).
• Experience using and a deep understanding of ROS or comparable robotics frameworks (3 yrs).