Hiring: Robotics Engineer (Software)

Written By Daniel Limon

At Cargo, we just closed several $Ms in funding from some of the best robotics investors in the Valley and we’re ready to hire a Robotics Engineer (Software). See details below on how to apply.

About You

Are you a rockstar developer? We’re a team of serial founders who are Stanford / StartX / South Park Commons alumni and are well funded with awesome robotics founders and investors behind us. We’re looking for an awesome software engineer - someone with the ambition and versatility to join with the first 5 employees at a robotics startup disrupting a massive legacy industry.

We have a strong preference for candidates who can work locally with us in the SF Bay to enable tight collaboration and fast iteration.

About Us

Cargo is building the robotic delivery platform of tomorrow. You can think of us as an automated warehouse on wheels.

After taking jobs at UPS and FedEx, we realized that the last mile was broken and parcel delivery needed a new approach. Although delivery volumes have grown 5x in the past decade, delivery vans are stuck in 1950 and today’s process is highly inefficient and injury prone. Our first product is the X1 Robotic Cargo Bay which reimagines the guts of every delivery van you see on the road, and saves hours of labor per day for each vehicle.

Our vision is to fully automate the delivery chain with radically more efficient networks that reduce carbon emissions and congestion while enabling people and our planet to thrive.

We’re looking for an unstoppable and versatile hire to work on our founding software development for the pilot launch of X1. You’ll rapidly iterate software and test with our customers to develop a complete V1 product to kick off our next fundraise.

You know how to build and deploy fast, and also how to structure robust systems that hold up to abuse and scale.

Get ready, there’s lots to build :)

Personal characteristics: you are

  • Biased toward action: when you see problem, you fix it

  • Driven and gritty: you can take punches and keep on going

  • Calm in chaos: you can hold the tiller and sail through the hurricane

  • A quick study: you learn fast and teach those around you

  • A team and solo athlete: you perform well on your own and play well with others

  • Self-aware and low ego: you can take and give feedback with grace

What you’ll do:

  • Architect, develop, and deploy a wide range of software and cutting-edge algorithms that power our robotic systems. These include:

    • Perception (capture package dimension & text data, more exciting stuff to come)

    • Motion planning (figuring out how to get packages in and out of cargo bays)

    • ML (identify parcel defects & damage, build more reliable grasp strategies, etc.)

    • Optimization (fit the most packages in the smallest space)

    • Fleet management & diagnostics (robust infrastructure, data & log management)

  • Collaborate tightly with our hardware team to identify cross functional dependencies and build the best possible product

  • Coordinate work with our founding engineer and specialist contract team members 

You need to bring this:

  • BS in Computer Science, CS, CE, EE, Robotics, or related field (minimum)

  • 2 or more years of hands-on experience in software engineering developing robotic systems with experience shipping into production environments

  • Strong software development skills in C/C++ and Python for complex function-based software that interacts with sensor inputs, control loops, and redundancy

  • Experience in core robotics technologies and software development such as  control theory, planning, and/or perception

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills

  • You have the experience to quickly build and iterate across the stack, with the wisdom to balance speed and quality tradeoffs appropriately

Nice to have:

  • Robotics simulation tools and frameworks (e.g., ROS2, Gazebo, MoveIt!)

  • Networking and cloud infrastructure experience

  • Ability to hack solutions together

Benefits and Workplace

Salary: $130-165K

Equity: 0.1 — 0.2%

Benefits: Healthcare plan, 401k, PTO, parental leave, and much more!

Hybrid: on-site 3 days a week (Menlo Park)

Does this sound like you?

If you’re still reading and this sounds like a job you’d kick a** in, email us a resume and one paragraph telling us the most exceptional thing you’ve built.

Also don’t worry if you’re missing a skill or two - the right attitude and experience are more important to us than an exact skills match.

We’ll try to get back to you as promptly as we can.

<daniel@withcargo.com>

Daniel Limon
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