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# Robotics Software Engineer at Noble Machines, Inc

- **Company:** Noble Machines, Inc
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/undercontrolroboticsinc/jobs/4396196009

## Job description

Robotics Software Engineer

Full-time | Sunnyvale, CA | Engineering (Onsite)

## About Noble Machines

Noble Machines builds multipurpose robots to support human workers in the world's toughest jobs—turning dangerous work from a necessity into a choice. Our work demands reliability, robustness, and readiness for the unexpected—on time, every time. We're assembling a mission-driven team focused on delivering real impact in heavy industry, from construction and mining to energy. If you're driven to build rugged, reliable products that solve real-world problems, we'd love to talk.

Position Overview

As a Robotics Software Engineer, you will work closely with senior engineers to bring hardware prototypes to life and build essential software tools that support our robotic platforms. In this hands-on role, you will assist in integrating new hardware components, developing diagnostic and control interfaces, and maintaining ROS 2 nodes. If you enjoy working with physical systems, writing practical C++ and Python code, and building usable tools across hardware-software boundaries, this role offers an exciting opportunity to grow your technical skills on real-world systems.

## Responsibilities

- Integrate new hardware prototypes with the robot’s software systems.
- Rapidly develop proof-of-concept software for evaluating new components and designs.
- Build control, configuration, visualization, and diagnostic GUIs for engineers and operators.
- Create reusable tools for hardware bring-up, testing, calibration, data collection, and troubleshooting.
- Develop and maintain ROS 2 nodes, interfaces, drivers, and supporting applications.
- Work with hardware engineers to define software interfaces and translate prototype requirements into working systems.
- Test integrated hardware/software behavior, analyze logs and telemetry, and diagnose issues across subsystem boundaries.
- Improve successful prototypes into reliable, documented, and maintainable engineering tools.
- Contribute to automated testing, simulation, deployment infrastructure, and other robotics software projects as priorities require.
- Participate in design discussions, code reviews, documentation, and field or lab testing.

## Requirements

- 0–2 years of experience in robotics software, embedded systems, or hands-on engineering projects.
- Practical C++ and Python ability.
- Software fundamentals and debugging skills.
- Comfort working with physical systems and imperfect prototypes.
- Some ROS or robotics project experience, without requiring deep ROS 2/DDS expertise.
- Familiarity with common communication interfaces or protocols—such as CAN, serial, Ethernet, or USB—if those match the hardware.
- Ability to build simple user-facing tools or GUIs.
- A bias toward experimentation, iteration, and completing usable prototypes.
- Clear communication with engineers from different disciplines.

## Nice to Have

- Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, microcontroller development, or sensor integration.
- Familiarity with simulation environments (Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo) or containerization (Docker).
- Educational background or degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- Open-source contributions or personal robotics projects.

California Pay Transparency Statement

Pay Transparency & Compensation: In accordance with California's Pay Transparency Act (SB 1162), the expected base salary range for this position located in Sunnyvale, CA is $90,000 – $130,000 per year.

Actual compensation within this range will be determined based on several factors, including the candidate's qualifications, relevant experience, technical skills, and specialized expertise. Base salary is just one component of Noble Machines' total rewards package, which may also include equity options, comprehensive healthcare benefits, retirement plan contributions, and performance-based incentives.

## Equal Opportunity Employer

Noble Machines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

## About Noble Machines, Inc

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Noble Machines builds general-purpose humanoid robots designed to perform hazardous and physically demanding industrial tasks, enabling safer and more efficient operations.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture Capital-backed; Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Sunnyvale, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Wei Ding (CEO), Wen-Loong Ma (CTO), and a team of engineers from Apple, SpaceX, NASA, and Caltech

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Industrial Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Humanoid Robotics, Hardware
- **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise – manufacturing, construction, logistics, mining, energy, and semiconductor companies
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “General purpose robots that take on hazardous and physically-demanding industrial tasks — enabling a safer, more efficient, and more productive world.”

## Products & Services
- **Noble Machines General-Purpose Humanoid Robot**: A full-stack hardware-AI system featuring:
  - AI-driven whole-body control and end-to-end autonomy
  - 50 lb (23 kg) payload capacity
  - 5-hour battery life
  - Walking speed 0.8 m/s
  - Modular end-effectors for diverse tasks (material handling, inspection, sorting)
  - Tele-operable and autonomous modes
  - Learns new skills through language, demonstration, and feedback in hours, not months
  - Designed to navigate stairs, scaffolding, unstable terrain, and cluttered spaces

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – Seed round (6 investors, details undisclosed)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: 6 investors (names not publicly available); first deployment to a Fortune Global 500 customer
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Emerged from stealth and deployed first robot to a Fortune Global 500 customer in March 2026, within 18 months of company launch
  - 32 employees as of 2026
  - Rapid iteration across three generations of robots (first gen demo September 2024, shipping in 18 months)
  - Career page lists multiple engineering roles (Robotics Learning Engineer, Autonomy Software Engineer, Mechatronics Engineer, ML Ops, etc.)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Hardware-AI co-design** that enables fast skill acquisition (hours vs. months)
- **Heavy payload** (50 lb) combined with agile mobility for real industrial environments
- **Mixed autonomy**: operates autonomously but allows teleoperation for expert intervention
- **Proven real-world deployment** with a Fortune Global 500 customer, not just pilot demonstrations
- **Cost-effective hardware** designed for mass manufacturing

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding deployments across manufacturing, construction, logistics, energy, and mining; scaling the platform after successful pilot; deepening AI learning capabilities; growing the engineering and field operations team.
- **Direction**: “AI must prove itself in real industrial operations before it scales” – the company validates performance in operational environments before expanding.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture highlights**: Mission-driven engineering culture focused on solving dangerous, real-world problems. Team composed of engineers from Apple, SpaceX, NASA, and Caltech.
- **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: Not specified explicitly; likely on-site in Sunnyvale given hardware work.
- **Notable perks or engineering culture**: Early-stage company building America’s first industrial humanoid robot; opportunity to work on full-stack robotics (hardware, autonomy, AI) with rapid iteration cycles; multiple roles currently open on Greenhouse (robotics learning, autonomy, mechatronics). Emphasis on hands-on field testing and customer collaboration.

## Sources
1. [noblemachines.ai - Company Page](https://www.noblemachines.ai/company)
2. [noblemachines.ai - Home Page](https://www.noblemachines.ai/)
3. [noblemachines.ai - Press Release](https://www.noblemachines.ai/blog/noble-machines-emerges-from-stealth-ships-and-deploys-general-purpose-robots-for-industry)
4. [PitchBook - Noble Machines Profile](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/664287-58)
5. [LinkedIn - Noble Machines](https://www.linkedin.com/company/noble-machines)

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