Role: Python Robotics Engineer
Location: Los Altos, California (onsite)
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: $/ Year
Total Positions to Fill: 7 Open Positions
Experience: 8+ years (minimum 5+ years in robotics-focused Python development)
Must Have 8yrs of experience
Skill Category
Mandatory Expertise
Python Internals & Real-Time
Mastery of CPython internals: GC zones, GIL modeling, bytecode tracing
Real-time task schedulers in Python (custom-built)
Cython/PyO3 for performance bridging
Python controlling physical robots with <1ms jitter
Robotics Systems Engineering
Designed/controlled ≥2 real robots (drones, manipulators, etc.)
Sensor fusion pipelines: IMU + LiDAR + vision
Implemented PID/LQR/MPC control in production Python code
Kinematics/dynamics from scratch (no MoveIt)
Embedded & Low-Level Integration
Interfaced Python with SPI, I2C, CAN directly
Wrote/modified firmware for ARM or RISC-V
Python <-> RTOS coordination (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr)
ROS2 with DDS tuning & custom Python nodes
Safety-Critical Control Systems
Built systems compliant with ISO 26262 / DO-178C / IEC 61508
Failover logic and watchdog timers in deployed robots
Verified safety transitions via SMV, TLA+, or similar
Software fault injection & response metrics
Simulation & Autonomy Frameworks
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Extended simulators (Isaac, Mujoco, PyBullet) with real-world parity
Created motion planning/pathfinding in pure Python
Created HALs and middleware for dynamic robot topologies
Digital twins with <5ms sync loop
Disqualifiers
Python use limited to scripting/web/data science
No real hardware deployment
Only simulation experience
No sub-1ms loop control experience
No firmware or low-level integration
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