Boston Dynamics · 3 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer
Waltham, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expBoston Dynamics is a company passionate about innovation and robotics. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Spot team, you will define and create key software infrastructure components that enable robots to operate efficiently and securely, while collaborating with various teams to deliver exceptional products to customers.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)RoboticsSoftware
Responsibilities
Create toolchains for building, verifying, and deploying system images across a variety of computer architectures
Address systems performance issues: Debug issues encountered in the field, build instrumentation and diagnostic tools, and architect high-performance infrastructure components such as IPC systems or process/thread scheduling approaches
Enable new hardware innovations: Derisk designs during early phases, create overall software system architecture, and create device drivers or kernel support where needed
Ensure the security of our products using techniques like Secure Boot, Disk Encryption, Process Sandboxing, and Access Controls
Communicate designs and best practices across the broader organization
Mentor junior engineers and share your expertise
Qualification
Required
Linux expertise - at both kernel and user spaces. You should have a deep understanding of processes, threads, interrupt handling, file systems, IPC mechanisms, memory management, systemd, and other components
8+ years of prior software development in C/C++, as well as shell scripting or Python
Excellent debugging skills - both overall methodology as well as knowledge of available tools
Performance optimization of systems
Preferred
Embedded Linux and Real Time Linux experience
Working knowledge of hardware-accelerated compute pipelines (GPUs, ML accelerators, DSPs, etc)
Experience with common hardware protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, etc
Hardware bring-up and debugging, including the ability to read schematics/datasheets and use common tools
Company
Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics is an engineering company that specializes in building dynamic robots and software for human simulation.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$37MKey Investors
SoftBank
2020-12-09Acquired
2019-02-06Series Unknown· $37M
Leadership Team
Robert Playter
Chief Executive Officer
Marc Theermann
Chief Strategy Officer
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