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title: 'Robotics Software Engineer at RoboForce'
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# Robotics Software Engineer at RoboForce

- **Company:** RoboForce
- **Location:** Milpitas, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-09-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/roboforce/jobs/5434733008

## Job description

## Why RoboForce

RoboForce is an AI robotics company developing Physical AI–powered Robo-Labor for dull, dirty, and dangerous work. The company’s robots are engineered for demanding industrial environments, with a focus on real-world deployment and scalability.

We are seeking a Robotics Software Engineer to build the software that powers robot behavior in the real world. In this role, you will develop, integrate, and improve production-grade robotics capabilities across autonomy, systems, and developer infrastructure. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to turn promising prototypes into reliable software that runs on deployed robots operating in complex outdoor environments.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys writing production code, debugging challenging real-world problems, and seeing their work directly improve robot performance in the field.

## Responsibilities

- Robotics Software Development: Design, implement, and maintain production software for real-world robotic systems using C++ and Python, with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- System Integration: Integrate and refine robotics capabilities across perception, planning, controls, teleoperation, and platform software to ensure robust behavior on physical robots.
- Robustness & Reliability Engineering: Improve software quality through testing, validation, fault handling, performance tuning, and edge-case analysis to make systems dependable in unstructured outdoor environments.
- Debugging & Root Cause Analysis: Investigate complex failures across software, sensors, networking, timing, and hardware interfaces, and drive issues to resolution through disciplined technical analysis.
- Tooling & Infrastructure: Build internal tools, scripts, and workflows that improve developer velocity, testing efficiency, observability, and release quality across the robotics software stack.
- On-Robot Validation: Work directly with hardware to validate new features, evaluate system behavior, and iterate quickly between development and real-world testing.

## Requirements

- Education: B.S. or M.S. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience: 2+ years of professional experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones, or complex embedded systems, with a demonstrated track record of deploying physical hardware products into the field.
- Programming Proficiency: Strong command of both C++ and Python, with the ability to read, debug, and write production-level C++ for core robot systems, alongside robust Python tooling.
- Robotics Software Fundamentals: Experience working with one or more core robotics domains such as perception, motion planning, controls, localization, state estimation, system integration, or robot behavior.
- Linux Systems Expertise: Strong comfort working in Linux development environments, including command-line tools, debugging workflows, scripting, and system-level troubleshooting.
- Debugging Mindset: Proven ability to diagnose and resolve problems that span software, hardware, sensors, and distributed system interactions.
- Collaboration: Requires 5 days/week in-office collaboration with the team.

Bonus Qualifications

- Outdoor Robotics Experience: Background in autonomous driving, drones, mobile robotics, or other systems deployed in outdoor or unstructured environments.
- Infrastructure Familiarity: Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD systems, or software release workflows for robotics platforms.
- Developer Tooling: Experience building tools for testing, simulation, telemetry, debugging, or log analysis.
- Visualization & Diagnostics: Experience with robotics visualization and diagnostics tools such as Foxglove, Grafana, RViz, or custom internal interfaces.
- Production Deployment Experience: Experience taking robotics software from prototype to production and supporting reliability at fleet scale.

## Benefits

- Competitive stock options/equity programs.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) plan.
- Visa sponsorship and green card support for qualified candidates.
- Lunches and dinners, a fully stocked kitchen, and regular team-building events.

Compensation: Salary $165,000–$235,000 USD + Bonus + Equity

The base salary range above represents the expected compensation for this full-time U.S. position. Final compensation will be determined based on role scope, level, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training, and may fall outside the listed range in exceptional cases.

## About RoboForce

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: RoboForce builds scalable, deployable Physical AI-powered Robo-Labor for demanding industrial environments such as mining, manufacturing, solar, data centers, and shipping.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; total disclosed funding conflicting: $15M per LinkedIn vs. $52M per company website timeline)
- **Headquarters**: Milpitas, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Leo Ma (Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Robotics Engineering (industrial automation, AI robotics)
- Target customers: B2B, industrial enterprises in mining, manufacturing, solar energy, data centers, and shipping/logistics
- Mission/purpose: “Robotics for Humanity” – solving human needs by extending human potential through Physical AI, automating “Dull, Dirty, Dangerous” work.

## Products & Services
- **TITAN**: General-purpose AI robot for demanding industrial environments; multiple variants (TITAN-T launched, TITAN-W launched, TITAN prototype completed).
- **Robo-Labor Workforce**: Deployable AI-powered robotic workforce for repetitive, precise, and heavy-duty workflows.
- **RF-Net v1**: Robotic foundation network (AI/software layer for fleet learning).
- **Market Solutions**: Tailored offerings for Solar (outdoor construction/inspection), Mining (hazardous environments), Manufacturing, Data Center (AI infrastructure operations), and Shipping (container movement/port logistics).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – conflicting reports:
  - $15.0M total (two Seed rounds in 2025, per LinkedIn)
  - $52M new funding (per company website timeline for 2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: YZi Labs (lead), Myron Scholes, Gary Rieschel, Jerry Yang, Carnegie Mellon University.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 32 employees (+168.8% YoY, per LinkedIn)
  - 10,000-unit robot LOI secured (2024)
  - First commercial pilot signed (2024)
  - New HQ office and WEF Technology Pioneer award (2026)
  - TITAN design v1 completion, prototype, and TITAN-W launch (2026)
  - Featured in Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote (AI-Centric Design highlight)

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-Centric Design**: Robots built to improve with every deployment; 3-5× improvement over existing solutions.
- **Form-Factor Agnostic**: Focus on solving human needs rather than emulating human form – diverse hardware shapes optimized for specific tasks.
- **Institutional Backing**: Founders and team from CMU, UMich, Amazon Robotics, Google, Waymo, Cruise, Tesla Robotics, ABB, Apple.
- **Early Traction**: Pre-orders (LOI for 10,000 units) and commercial pilots already in place.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale deployment of Robo-Labor across multiple industrial verticals (solar, mining, manufacturing, data centers, shipping).
- Advance AI-native robotics through continuous fleet learning (RF-Net v1) and Nvidia ecosystem integration.
- Expand physical infrastructure (new HQ) and grow engineering/AI research teams.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Imagination leads the way” and “Great robots built by great people” – emphasis on creativity, joy, and making life better through real tools.
- **Work Model**: On-site in Milpitas, CA (all current open roles are in-office).
- **Engineering Focus**: Heavy investment in AI, robotics software/hardware, and foundation models; roles span AI Research, Robotics Software, Hardware, and Data Operations.
- **Trajectory**: Fast-growing startup (168% headcount growth YoY) with early revenue signals and top-tier backers; opportunity to work on cutting-edge Physical AI from the ground floor.

## Sources
1. [roboforce.ai](https://www.roboforce.ai/)
2. [roboforce.ai/about-us](https://www.roboforce.ai/about-us)
3. [roboforce.ai/careers](https://www.roboforce.ai/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/roboforce-ai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/roboforce-ai)
5. [greenhouse.io/roboforce](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/roboforce/jobs/4817535008)

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