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Senior Staff Embedded Software Engineer

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Boston Dynamics

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United States , Waltham

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As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Spot team, you will be part of a highly collaborative group that is passionate about innovation - and of course, robots! In this role, you will define and create key software infrastructure components which lets our robots operate in a performant, reliable, secure, and scalable fashion. You’ll work closely with other software developers, hardware developers, and product managers to deliver great robots to our customers.

Job Responsibility:

  • Create toolchains for building, verifying, and deploying system images across a variety of computer architectures
  • Address systems performance issues: Debug issues encountered in the field, build instrumentation and diagnostic tools, and architect high-performance infrastructure components such as IPC systems or process/thread scheduling approaches
  • Enable new hardware innovations: Derisk designs during early phases, create overall software system architecture, and create device drivers or kernel support where needed
  • Ensure the security of our products using techniques like Secure Boot, Disk Encryption, Process Sandboxing, and Access Controls
  • Communicate designs and best practices across the broader organization
  • Mentor junior engineers and share your expertise

Requirements:

  • Linux expertise - at both kernel and user spaces. You should have a deep understanding of processes, threads, interrupt handling, file systems, IPC mechanisms, memory management, systemd, and other components
  • 8+ years of prior software development in C/C++, as well as shell scripting or Python
  • Excellent debugging skills - both overall methodology as well as knowledge of available tools
  • Performance optimization of systems
  • Eligible to work in the United States

Nice to have:

  • Embedded Linux and Real Time Linux experience
  • Working knowledge of hardware-accelerated compute pipelines (GPUs, ML accelerators, DSPs, etc)
  • Experience with common hardware protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, etc
  • Hardware bring-up and debugging, including the ability to read schematics/datasheets and use common tools

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 19, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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