Staff Software Engineer, Orbit Platform

Boston Dynamics is building the world’s most advanced robots. The Spot robot performs inspections on thousands of sites around the world. Atlas sets the standard for humanoid agility and performance. The Orbit intelligent automation platform coordinates robot fleets on hundreds of sites and is a key part of the Atlas and Spot robot ecosystem. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Orbit Platform team, you will work to prototype and demonstrate new technologies in Orbit. These technologies will include new robot integrations, advanced spatial data processing, ML and AI-backed capabilities, and other transformative product features. Help take these new technologies all the way to customer deployment across all our robots and customers.

You’ll have the opportunity to work autonomously and take end-to-end ownership of early designs, while being part of a team which focuses on the Orbit product. You'll work very closely with Product Management to help shape the future of Boston Dynamics' intelligent automation platform. If you are creative, thrive in a collaborative environment, and passionate about a world where humans and robots truly work together - come join us!

How You Will Make An Impact

• Develop new features including building connections to external products and fleet orchestration workflows as part of the Orbit platform team.
• Lead the design of robot integrations, advanced spatial data processing, and other transformative product features.
• Be open minded and willing to investigate potential new directions, and provide realistic assessments of feasibility.
• Recommend technical direction and scope for internal teams to collaborate and bring features into a large multi-robot roadmap.
  
  

We Are Looking For

• Bachelors', Masters', or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 5 years' of exceptional full stack experience. Able to shift smoothly from doing C in an embedded environment, to server backend, to nodejs / React frontends.
• Able to rapidly understand and assess new technologies, for example autonomous robot APIs, digital twin libraries, 3D rendering capabilities, AI/ML processing algorithms, etc and integrate them usefully into a product.
• Experience with robots and processing robot sensor data, including data from cameras, LIDARs, Radars, and IMUs.
• Strong communication skills. Able to guide others with your technical documentation and presentations.
• History of working in small, fast moving, and interdisciplinary teams.
  
  

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position.