--- title: 'Fleet Operations Software Engineer at Maven Robotics' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/fleet-operations-software-engineer-maven-robotics-santa-clara-msrbbqrrhw7a' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-10' --- # Fleet Operations Software Engineer at Maven Robotics - **Company:** Maven Robotics - **Location:** Santa Clara, CA - **Posted:** 2026-08-05 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-10 - **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/mavenrobotics/jobs/5378870008?gh_jid=5378870008 ## Job description ## About Maven Maven Robotics designs, builds, and deploys intelligent robotics for logistics and manufacturing. Maven is building the first general-purpose robotics system for industrial work. Our mission is to activate autonomous labor at scale and build toward infinitely elastic industrial capacity. We’re a team of engineers, researchers, and operators who have spent our careers working on the hardest problems in AI, robotics, engineering, and autonomous systems. We work at the intersection of advanced research and real-world engineering, turning ideas into prototypes and deployed systems. At Maven, we build around the realities of industrial work. The robots are designed from first principles for complex physical environments and rigorous commercial standards. They master real tasks that deliver immediate impact, industrial-grade reliability, and intelligence that compounds at scale. We’re growing an ambitious team of people who think in systems, move quickly, and are builders at heart. ## About the Role As a Robotics Fleet Software Engineer at Maven Robotics, you will lead the development of software and services that enable the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of large robot fleets across multiple customer facilities. Your work will span everything from data pipelines to operator-facing interfaces, collaborating closely with Field Operations, Information Systems, DevOps, MLOps, and Platform Software teams to build scalable, high-performance solutions. ## What You’ll Do - Design and implement the back-end services for everything that’s needed to keep a large fleet of robots working efficiently, including: - Integration with customer systems - Management of software updates - Real-time fleet orchestration & coordination - Robot onboarding and provisioning - Health & performance monitoring - Anonymized data collection - Develop data pipelines for secure real-time streaming between robots, edge devices, and cloud services that are robust to breaks in connectivity - Implement on-robot software that enables secure, access-controlled teleoperation and assignment execution - Create intuitive, performant front-end web applications for robot operators, facility managers, and Maven engineers - Work with customers to understand their particular operational requirements, and propose elegant solutions that minimize the footprint of any tailoring ## What We’re Looking For - BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field - 5+ years full-stack software development experience - Experience in the development of data-intensive web applications backed by streaming data sources - Knowledge of frameworks for front-end web development, such as React - Knowledge of real-time data pipelines & cloud databases - Ability to take ownership of a large, strategically important development project and drive its success - Willingness to step in and support other teams when we have tight deadlines and problems to solve ## Nice to Have - Experience in the development of scalable multi-agent orchestration software - Awareness of robot to fleet manager communication standards - Hands-on experience in the operation of robot fleets ## Equal Opportunity Maven Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. ## About Maven Robotics ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Maven Robotics is building the world's leading general-purpose AI robots, starting with an industrial robot that combines strength, dexterity, mobility, and reliable physical AI to unlock productivity across manufacturing and logistics. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed round raised in September 2024 with 3 investors) - **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, United States (with presence in Germany) - **Founded**: 2024 - **Founders**: Hamza Derbas (Co-Founder & CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Robotics Engineering / Industrial Automation / AI Robotics - **Target customers**: Large global manufacturing and logistics organizations, with a cost-efficient design that also makes automation accessible to businesses of every scale (SMB to Enterprise). - **Mission**: "We believe the future of technology holds incredible promise, with many kinds of robots unlocking productivity, enhancing creativity, and improving life for humans everywhere. Our first step is to tackle real-world industry challenges, proving value and scalability to establish the foundation for a truly brighter future." ## Products & Services - **General-purpose industrial robot (prototype)**: A hardware/software/AI system purpose-built for industry, combining strength, adaptive dexterity, fluid mobility, and the most reliable physical AI to work safely alongside people. Designed to be cost-efficient for businesses of all scales. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding amount not publicly available (Seed round with 3 investors, September 2024) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not named in available sources; the company states they are "working with some of the largest global manufacturing and logistics organizations." - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew 52.4% year-over-year to 28 employees (as of mid-2025) [linkedin.com] - High-profile talent sourcing: alumni from Apple (9), Tesla (1), Ford, Aptiv, Caterpillar, and others [linkedin.com] - Active hiring across 14+ roles as of July 2025: robotic AI, ML perception, manipulation, motion planning, embedded software, mechanical and electrical engineering, Data Collection Operator [mavenrobotics.ai] ## Competitive Advantages - **First-principles, customer-focused approach** – the company prioritizes solving real industrial pain points before generalizing, ensuring near-term traction - **Small, elite team** – composed of engineers and scientists with deep experience from top tech and robotics companies (Apple, Tesla, Ford, Intuitive Surgical, etc.) - **Cost-efficiency** – the robot is designed to be affordable enough for SMBs, not just large enterprises, widening the addressable market - **Full-stack robotics** – in-house capabilities in hardware design (actuators, mechanisms), embedded systems, AI/ML (perception, manipulation, foundation models), motion planning, and simulation ## Strategic Focus - **Near-term**: Prove value and scalability in industrial manufacturing and logistics through customer deployments; ship the first generation robot - **Long-term**: Use the industrial foundation to build general-purpose robots that can tackle diverse real-world challenges, ultimately "unlocking human potential through intelligent robotics" ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as a small team of engineers and scientists with "bold ambition, relentless curiosity, and belief in unlocking human potential through intelligent robotics." Emphasis on inventing, creating, and innovating from Silicon Valley. - **Work model**: On-site or in-office workspace at the Santa Clara, CA headquarters. BuiltIn lists offices as "In-Office or Remote" but also states employees work from physical offices; typical time on-site is not specified. The careers page implies hands-on hardware/software work that likely requires presence. [builtin.com] - **Notable perks/engineering culture**: Deep technical challenges across AI, perception, controls, embedded, mechanical, and electrical engineering. The team includes world-class experts from Apple, Tesla, Ford, etc. Opportunities to shape a product from prototype to deployment. Open roles include robotic AI, ML engineering, motion planning, embedded software, and hardware engineering. - **Growth trajectory**: Rapidly growing startup (52% YoY headcount increase) with strong investor interest and a clear industrial go-to-market strategy. ## Sources 1. [mavenrobotics.ai](https://www.mavenrobotics.ai/) 2. [mavenrobotics.ai/join-us](https://www.mavenrobotics.ai/join-us) 3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/maven-robotics) 4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maven-robotics) 5. 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