Senior Software Engineer (Edge Robotics)

At Aigen, our mission is to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture—with a pesticide-free, solar powered robotics platform.

52% of agricultural land is degraded by current management practices, and toxic chemical pesticides are sprayed and then consumed in the food we eat. Join us to make a real world impact at the confluence of cutting edge robotic technology, agriculture, AI, and climate! With $19M raised to date, we are backed by a suite of investors including NEA, GFC, AgFunder, Regen.vc, and Bessemer Ventures.

The Role: Are you passionate about software development and eager to contribute in a way that will shape systems from early stages? Join our team and be a driving force in advancing the heart of our robot software stack. We are on a mission to address challenging real-world problems, and we need creative and dedicated developers like you to help us build our robotics platform.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain the robot software framework. Debug and troubleshoot software and hardware issues, working hand-in-hand with the testing and hardware teams to ensure seamless software integration.

The responsibilities will be wide and varied.  The ideal candidate will be a quick learner with the ability to understand complex systems, and have a creative approach to problem solving.

Aigen celebrates diversity in all its forms, and is an equal opportunity employer

Coverage: King5 | GeekWire | FastCompany | NEA  | AgFunder

Tools / Languages: C/C++, Python, JIRA, Confluence

Responsibilities

• Embedded Linux: Design, develop, and maintain robust embedded Linux systems that support our robotics platforms

• Software Engineering: Develop high-quality, modular, and efficient software in Python and C++

• Robotics Systems: Collaborate with the team to develop and harden new features, control algorithms, and optimize our custom ROS-like operating system

• Cloud & App Integration: Develop IoT communication solutions, including IoT integration, to enable seamless connectivity between robots, the cloud, and mobile applications in an intermittent connectivity environment.

• Sensor and Imaging Pipelines: Develop pipelines and systems for low latency real-time robotics operations.

• Optimize the software stack running on our robots for maximum efficiency and responsiveness.

• Write end-of-line (EOL) testing software and ensure it integrates seamlessly with our deployment systems.

Requirements

• Have launched a hardware product to customers

• 5+ years of strong C++ and Python

• Embedded Linux development experience, preferably for robotic systems

• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to navigate through complex and evolving requirements and challenges

• Strong understanding of inter-process communication (pub-sub, messaging, sockets, shared memory)

Desired Qualifications

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Robotics or related fields

• Hands-on experience with robotics controls, coordinate transforms, and reference frames

• Familiarity with ROS or ROS-like environments

• Solid understanding of data structures, relational databases, and graph structures

• Experience using messaging protocols (ex: ZeroMQ, MQTT)

• Experience working with camera and sensor pipelines (ex: GStreamer, shared memory)

• Experience with sensor fusion, SLAM, navigation, routing, and map creation algorithms

• Background in agriculture, robotics, or related industries is a plus

• Experience developing on compute-constrained and intermittently-connected platforms

• Prior startup experience