Job Overview
Location
Remote
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineer
Date Posted
January 14, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Architect the future of robotics by owning the motion-planning brain that powers Standard Bots’ robotic arms. You will design, implement, and scale the core motion-planning service that translates high-level user intent into safe, collision-free, and time-optimal trajectories for industrial manipulators.
- • Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of high-impact technical projects—from white-boarding algorithms to shipping production-grade services—ensuring that every millisecond of compute time translates into real-world productivity gains for customers in manufacturing, logistics, and emerging automation markets.
- • Collaborate daily with cross-functional squads of mechanical, electrical, and UX engineers to translate complex physical constraints (joint limits, payload, reachability) into elegant software abstractions that feel as simple as calling an API.
- • Serve as the go-to technical authority for motion planning within the company: advise leadership on roadmap priorities, evaluate new algorithmic approaches (sampling-based, optimization-based, learning-augmented), and make buy-vs-build decisions that balance innovation velocity with long-term maintainability.
- • Mentor and level-up a growing team of mid-level and junior engineers through pair programming, design reviews, and lunch-and-learn sessions, instilling best practices in modern C++, Python, and Node.js while demystifying the math behind RRT*, CHOMP, and trajectory optimization.
- • Continuously instrument, profile, and optimize the planning pipeline—reducing solve times, memory footprint, and motion jitter—so that even users on commodity hardware can command fluid, human-like robot motions without expert tuning.
- • Champion a culture of proactive simplicity: ruthlessly refactor legacy code, introduce deterministic regression tests for physical behaviors, and automate deployment via Docker and GitHub Actions so that every commit is production-ready within minutes.
- • Engage directly with external developers and power-users via Slack, GitHub issues, and customer calls, translating their pain points into crisp engineering tasks and shipping iterative improvements that turn early adopters into lifelong advocates.
- • Contribute to open-source ROS2 and MoveIt2 ecosystems when strategic, giving back to the community while positioning Standard Bots as a thought leader in accessible motion planning.
- • Stay ahead of the curve by evaluating emerging research (motion planning under uncertainty, reinforcement learning for grasp selection) and running quick proof-of-concepts that inform the 12-18 month technical roadmap.
🎯 Requirements
- • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 3 years designing and implementing motion-planning or trajectory-generation algorithms for robotic arms, autonomous vehicles, or comparable real-time physical systems (PhD research accepted in lieu of industry tenure).
- • Demonstrated fluency in modern C++ (C++17/20) and Python, with a track record of shipping high-performance backend services in Linux/Docker environments.
- • Deep understanding of sampling-based planners (RRT, PRM), optimization-based planners (CHOMP, STOMP), and trajectory smoothing techniques; ability to reason about configuration-space obstacles, collision checking, and kinematic redundancy.
- • Experience with ROS2 and MoveIt2: building custom planning plugins, integrating perception pipelines, and tuning OMPL parameters for cycle-time and path quality.
- • Strong communication skills—able to explain complex robotics concepts via architecture diagrams, concise documentation, and live demos to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
- • Nice-to-have: algorithmic research background with publications in ICRA, IROS, or RSS; full-stack experience (TypeScript/React) for internal tooling; familiarity with GPU-accelerated motion planning or machine-learning-enhanced planners.
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive base salary of $180,000–$240,000, scaled to seniority and impact, plus meaningful employee stock options that let you share in the long-term value you create.
- • 100 % remote-first culture with flexible hours, quarterly in-person off-sites in exciting locations, and a generous home-office stipend to build your ideal workspace.
- • Comprehensive benefits package: 100 % employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and dependents; life and disability coverage; and a 401(k) with company match.
- • Unlimited PTO with a mandatory minimum to ensure you actually recharge, plus company-wide mental-health days and a monthly wellness stipend for gym memberships, therapy apps, or whatever keeps you balanced.
Skills & Technologies
Python
JavaScript
Node.js
Docker
GitHub
Senior
Remote
Degree Required
About Standard Bots Inc.
Standard Bots Inc. manufactures and sells the RO1 six-axis collaborative robot arm for machine shops and light-industrial automation. The 80-lb robot handles 18 kg payloads, reaches 1.3 m, and is programmed through a tablet interface and AI-driven no-code tools. The company supplies the arm, end-effectors, safety sensors, and cloud software on a subscription model, targeting small-to-medium manufacturers seeking fast deployment, zero-code setup, and pay-as-you-scale economics.
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