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About this Software Engineer role at Pivot Robotics

Pivot Robotics · Onsite · San Francisco

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable software systems for production automation

  • Build core libraries and services supporting motion planning, control, and perception pipelines

  • Architect clean interfaces between software components and hardware-facing systems

  • Develop vision and sensor-integration software that feeds downstream planning and control stacks

  • Optimize software for performance, reliability, and deterministic behavior where required

  • Write high-quality, testable Python code with strong emphasis on readability, correctness, and maintainability

  • Own software engineering best practices: code reviews, testing strategies, CI/CD, and release processes

  • Build simulation, testing, and tooling infrastructure to validate behavior prior to deployment

  • Collaborate with robotics, controls, and hardware engineers to translate system requirements into well-defined software abstractions

  • Contribute to architectural decisions as the software platform scales across customers and deployments

Minimum Qualifications

  • B.S. in Computer Science or a related engineering field

  • Strong software engineering experience, especially in Python

  • Experience designing and maintaining complex software systems (services, libraries, APIs, or pipelines)

  • Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and systems design

  • Proficiency with Git, debugging, testing frameworks, and modern development workflows

  • Ability to work independently on ambiguous problems in a fast-paced environment

  • Due to U.S. export control regulations (ITAR), this position is limited to U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents)

Optional Qualifications

  • M.S. in Computer Science or a related field

  • Experience working on systems that interact with hardware, real-time constraints, or external devices

  • Familiarity with robotics, motion planning, control systems, or computer vision (helpful but not required)

  • Experience with ROS or similar middleware

  • Knowledge of performance optimization, concurrency, or distributed systems

  • Experience deploying software to edge, embedded, or hybrid cloud environments

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