Senior/Staff Software Engineer Position Overview:We are seeking a highly skilled Senior/Staff level Software Engineer to join our team in Austin. TX. In this role you will serve as a senior individual contributor, providing technical leadership across software architecture, system design, and execution for advanced robotics and autonomous systems. This is a hands-on engineering role in which you will design, implement, test, debug, and optimize critical software components using C++ and Python while also guiding broader technical direction.
What You'll Do:- Own complex technical initiatives from initial concept and architecture through implementation, integration, validation, and production deployment.
- Contribute directly to the codebase, particularly in technically challenging or high-risk areas, and ensure that solutions align with product, safety, scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability goals.
- Define and evolve software architecture, establish engineering standards, and lead the design of systems that integrate software, mechanical, electrical, perception, controls, and autonomy components.
- Work through technical influence and cross-functional collaboration rather than formal people management.
- Partner with engineering managers, product leaders, and multidisciplinary teams to shape technical roadmaps, identify and mitigate high-impact risks, improve system performance, and deliver robust software for demanding production and mission-critical environments.
What You'll Need: - 10+ years of professional Software Engineering experience with recent experience in a Senior/Staff level position
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field; an advanced degree is preferred.
- Significant experience developing complex software systems in C++ and Python, ideally within robotics, autonomous systems, embedded systems, or other high-performance engineering environments.
- A demonstrated track record as a senior individual contributor who has personally designed, implemented, and delivered complex or business-critical software systems while influencing technical direction across multiple teams.
- Demonstrated ability to lead software architecture and system-level technical decision-making across multidisciplinary teams, including mechanical, electrical, computer vision, controls, and software engineering.
- Deep experience with performance optimization, multithreading, concurrency, memory management, system programming, debugging, and software reliability in production or mission-critical environments.
- Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including design patterns, code reviews, unit and integration testing, technical documentation, Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and agile development practices.
- Proven ability to influence technical direction without relying on formal authority, resolve complex engineering tradeoffs, and drive alignment across teams in a fast-paced product development environment.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and technical judgment skills, with the ability to balance strategic technical leadership with substantial hands-on engineering contributions.
You'll Stand Out: - Experience architecting and directly implementing software for robotics, autonomy, perception, navigation, controls, or real-time systems.
- Experience with GPU programming, CUDA, OpenCL, parallel computing, or hardware-accelerated software optimization.
- Knowledge of networking protocols, distributed systems, edge computing, embedded Linux, or real-time operating systems.
- Exposure to machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch, computer vision pipelines, sensor fusion, or scientific computing.
- Experience establishing engineering standards, technical roadmaps, design review processes, or software governance practices across growing engineering organizations.
- A track record of leading large, technically complex initiatives across multiple teams while remaining directly involved in architecture, coding, debugging, integration, and delivery.
What We Offer:- Competitive salary
- ACS Equity Package
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off
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