Robotics Software Engineer

Job summary

Responsibilities

The Runtime team is responsible for building the core platform that Pi’s robots, sensors, and evaluation pipelines rely on. The team spans Linux systems engineering, camera and sensor pipelines, robot actuator controllers, networking, real-time IO, and performance tooling.

• Own Real-Time Pipelines: Engineer low-latency, high-reliability sensor and actuator pipelines across Linux, drivers, and middleware.
• Optimize System Performance: Profile and optimize across compute, I/O, memory, scheduling, networking, and storage to meet real-time constraints and increase throughput.
• Build OS-Level Capabilities: Extend or modify Linux components, drivers, and scheduling to achieve deterministic behavior under load.
• Streaming & Video Systems: Develop and optimize real-time video streaming systems where frame timing and packet scheduling matter.
• Reliability & Debugging: Build tooling for profiling, tracing, and debugging timing issues across distributed systems and hardware interfaces.

What they're looking for

• Strong programming skills in C++, Rust, or Python, with experience building and optimizing production software.
• Experience with Linux systems programming (syscalls, drivers, kernel parameters, scheduling, memory/IO subsystems).
• Background in real-time or near–real-time systems, VR/AR, video pipelines, 3D engines, or streaming systems where latency budgets are strict.
• Ability to optimize across the entire stack - kernel scheduling, drivers, networking, GPU/CPU workloads, video frameworks, and distributed components.
• Experience with profiling tools (perf, tracing, eBPF, GPU profilers, network analyzers) and comfort diving into complex performance issues.

Tech stack

• C++
• Rust
• Python