{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"611eccc85301b4269337f4a2","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/611eccc85301b4269337f4a2","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/611eccc85301b4269337f4a2","title":"Senior Robotics Software Engineer","description":"About Nimble\nNimble is an AI robotics company building the autonomous supply chain to power fast, efficient and economical commerce. We’re training robot AGI to power a proprietary generalist supply chain superhumanoid, the first robot in the world capable of performing thousands of tasks across the supply chain. We’ve raised over $220M at over $1B valuation and formed a strategic alliance with FedEx to build a national network of autonomous warehouses capable of generating many billions in annual revenue. We are a hardcore and obsessed team of the world’s best engineers and operators. If you are obsessed with your craft, enjoy a high-intensity and fast moving high impact environment, are super high agency in getting hard things done and want to be part of building the world’s most legendary robotics company at the most pivotal moment in history, we want to work with you.\nWe are on a mission to empower and inspire mankind to accomplish legendary feats by inventing robots that liberate us from the menial. We will accomplish this by training robot AGI to invent and build the Autonomous Supply Chain – everything from the inside of factories and warehouses to your front door – powered by generalist superhumanoids.\nOur founding team comes from the AI labs at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon and our board of directors include famed robotics and AI legends including Fei-Fei Li (Chief Scientist of AI at Google and Director of Stanford’s AI Lab), Marc Raibert (founder of Boston Dynamics), and Sebastian Thrun (founder of GoogleX, Waymo; Stanford Professor and considered the father of autonomous vehicles).\nLet’s be legendary.\n\nAbout the Role\nWe are looking for a Senior Software Engineer in Robotics to build the core software powering our next-generation autonomous robots. In this role, you will develop the systems that allow our robots to operate with exceptional reliability, precision, and efficiency in real production environments. You will work across robotics and autonomy—building robust, production-grade software that scales as we deploy more robots into high-throughput warehouse operations. You’ll collaborate closely with our AI, hardware, and infrastructure teams to integrate frontier AI capabilities into practical, real-world robotics systems and to continually improve robot uptime, performance, and overall intelligence.\nResponsibilities\nLead design and implementation of robot behaviors and task-level intelligence across the full robotics stack, integrating perception, planning and control into reliable end-to-end execution.\nDesign and implement task orchestration and robot behaviors across nominal and edge-case scenarios, ensuring high task success rate and robust recovery.\nDrive measurable improvements in autonomy quality, using data and operational metrics to iterate on task success rate, recovery behavior, and system reliability.\nCollaborate with hardware engineering on seamless software–hardware integration for new robot platforms and upgrades.\nParticipate and lead technical design reviews and drive architecture decisions for core subsystems and features.\nMentor cross-functional engineers and technicians, and raise the bar on reliability, testing, and operational excellence.\nTriage robotics system issues to ensure reliability of production robotics systems; help diagnose and resolve operational issues when they arise\nQualifications\nBachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related engineering field.\n5+ years of software engineering experience building production robotics systems.\nStrong proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Rust, Python, C++\nProven ability to design, implement, and maintain complex, high-reliability software systems.\nExperience integrating software with sensors, actuators and embedded systems.\nProven ability to design, implement, and maintain complex, high-reliability software systems.\nFamiliarity with software best practices including testing, documentation, code reviews, and robust architectural design.\nExcellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams\nWillingness to support production operations through an on-call rotation.\nNice to have\nExposure to automation environments such as warehousing, manufacturing, or logistics\nExperience with real-time embedded system development, with RTOS or bare-metal firmware\nExperience with safety-critical systems\nWhat else to know\nThis role is an in-office, 5 days a week role in San Francisco, CA.\n$190,000 - $250,000 a year\nThe above range is the salary range. This position will also receive generous equity!\n\nCulture:\nWe embrace challenges and strive to make the impossible possible each day. We’re not in this to do what’s easy or to be mediocre. We want to create something legendary and leave our mark on the world. We’re ambitious, we’re gritty, we’re humble and we’re relentlessly resourceful in pursuit of our goals. If this sounds like you then you might be a great fit!\nNimble Robotics, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state, federal or local laws.\nNimble's Benefits\nUnlimited Flexible Time Off\nEnjoy the time you need to travel, rejuvenate, and connect with friends and family.\nHealth Insurance\nNimble provides medical, dental, and vision insurance through several premier plans and options to support you and your family.\nPaid Parental Leave\nEnjoy paid bonding time following a birth.\nCommuter Benefits\nTake the stress out of commuting with access to fully-paid parking spots.\nReferral Bonus\nGet a cash bonus for any friend or colleagues that you refer to us that we end up hiring.\n401k\nContribute towards a 401k for retirement planning.\nEquity\nBe an owner in Nimble through our equity program","company":"Nimble Robotics","rawCompany":"nimble robotics","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-06T13:08:56.407Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2199.08","title":"Robotics Engineers","slug":"robotics-engineers"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"17-3024.01","title":"Robotics Technicians","slug":"robotics-technicians"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"333248","title":"All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing","slug":"all-other-industrial-machinery-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Robotics Software Engineer","description":"About Nimble\nNimble is an AI robotics company building the autonomous supply chain to power fast, efficient and economical commerce. We’re training robot AGI to power a proprietary generalist supply chain superhumanoid, the first robot in the world capable of performing thousands of tasks across the supply chain. We’ve raised over $220M at over $1B valuation and formed a strategic alliance with FedEx to build a national network of autonomous warehouses capable of generating many billions in annual revenue. We are a hardcore and obsessed team of the world’s best engineers and operators. If you are obsessed with your craft, enjoy a high-intensity and fast moving high impact environment, are super high agency in getting hard things done and want to be part of building the world’s most legendary robotics company at the most pivotal moment in history, we want to work with you.\nWe are on a mission to empower and inspire mankind to accomplish legendary feats by inventing robots that liberate us from the menial. We will accomplish this by training robot AGI to invent and build the Autonomous Supply Chain – everything from the inside of factories and warehouses to your front door – powered by generalist superhumanoids.\nOur founding team comes from the AI labs at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon and our board of directors include famed robotics and AI legends including Fei-Fei Li (Chief Scientist of AI at Google and Director of Stanford’s AI Lab), Marc Raibert (founder of Boston Dynamics), and Sebastian Thrun (founder of GoogleX, Waymo; Stanford Professor and considered the father of autonomous vehicles).\nLet’s be legendary.\n\nAbout the Role\nWe are looking for a Senior Software Engineer in Robotics to build the core software powering our next-generation autonomous robots. In this role, you will develop the systems that allow our robots to operate with exceptional reliability, precision, and efficiency in real production environments. You will work across robotics and autonomy—building robust, production-grade software that scales as we deploy more robots into high-throughput warehouse operations. You’ll collaborate closely with our AI, hardware, and infrastructure teams to integrate frontier AI capabilities into practical, real-world robotics systems and to continually improve robot uptime, performance, and overall intelligence.\nResponsibilities\nLead design and implementation of robot behaviors and task-level intelligence across the full robotics stack, integrating perception, planning and control into reliable end-to-end execution.\nDesign and implement task orchestration and robot behaviors across nominal and edge-case scenarios, ensuring high task success rate and robust recovery.\nDrive measurable improvements in autonomy quality, using data and operational metrics to iterate on task success rate, recovery behavior, and system reliability.\nCollaborate with hardware engineering on seamless software–hardware integration for new robot platforms and upgrades.\nParticipate and lead technical design reviews and drive architecture decisions for core subsystems and features.\nMentor cross-functional engineers and technicians, and raise the bar on reliability, testing, and operational excellence.\nTriage robotics system issues to ensure reliability of production robotics systems; help diagnose and resolve operational issues when they arise\nQualifications\nBachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related engineering field.\n5+ years of software engineering experience building production robotics systems.\nStrong proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Rust, Python, C++\nProven ability to design, implement, and maintain complex, high-reliability software systems.\nExperience integrating software with sensors, actuators and embedded systems.\nProven ability to design, implement, and maintain complex, high-reliability software systems.\nFamiliarity with software best practices including testing, documentation, code reviews, and robust architectural design.\nExcellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams\nWillingness to support production operations through an on-call rotation.\nNice to have\nExposure to automation environments such as warehousing, manufacturing, or logistics\nExperience with real-time embedded system development, with RTOS or bare-metal firmware\nExperience with safety-critical systems\nWhat else to know\nThis role is an in-office, 5 days a week role in San Francisco, CA.\n$190,000 - $250,000 a year\nThe above range is the salary range. This position will also receive generous equity!\n\nCulture:\nWe embrace challenges and strive to make the impossible possible each day. We’re not in this to do what’s easy or to be mediocre. We want to create something legendary and leave our mark on the world. We’re ambitious, we’re gritty, we’re humble and we’re relentlessly resourceful in pursuit of our goals. If this sounds like you then you might be a great fit!\nNimble Robotics, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state, federal or local laws.\nNimble's Benefits\nUnlimited Flexible Time Off\nEnjoy the time you need to travel, rejuvenate, and connect with friends and family.\nHealth Insurance\nNimble provides medical, dental, and vision insurance through several premier plans and options to support you and your family.\nPaid Parental Leave\nEnjoy paid bonding time following a birth.\nCommuter Benefits\nTake the stress out of commuting with access to fully-paid parking spots.\nReferral Bonus\nGet a cash bonus for any friend or colleagues that you refer to us that we end up hiring.\n401k\nContribute towards a 401k for retirement planning.\nEquity\nBe an owner in Nimble through our equity program","datePosted":"2026-08-06T13:08:56.407Z","dateModified":"2026-08-06T13:08:56.407Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Nimble Robotics","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Millbrae","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"611eccc85301b4269337f4a2"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/611eccc85301b4269337f4a2"}}