Staff Software Engineer, Software Systems

<p><strong>Position Overview</strong>:</p> <p>The Staff Software Engineer is a key technical leader within Brain Corp’s Platform team, responsible for the architecture, evolution, and performance of core software systems powering our autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). This includes ownership of the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), telemetry systems, and core C++ middleware.This role is highly hands-on and strategic, driving the re-architecture of foundational robotics software to improve modularity, scalability, and performance. The engineer will lead technical direction across HAL and middleware layers, enabling efficient sensor integration, new hardware bring-up, and high-performance execution on embedded systems.&nbsp;Working cross-functionally with hardware, autonomy and applications teams, this role will ensure that our robotics platform supports rapid innovation, robust field performance, and scalable deployment across a global fleet.</p> <p><strong>Essential Job Functions:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead the technical direction and architecture of the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), ensuring modularity, scalability, and long-term maintainability</li> <li>Drive the migration and re-architecture of HAL to support next-generation robotics platforms and evolving hardware requirements</li> <li>Own the design and evolution of the robotics telemetry and replay systems, improving observability, reliability, and data quality</li> <li>Lead the migration of middleware components from Python to high-performance C++ implementations</li> <li>Architect and develop robust C++ middleware enabling efficient communication between sensors, compute, and autonomy systems</li> <li>Integrate and bring up new hardware components, including sensors such as LiDARs, cameras, and IMUs</li> <li>Optimize system performance across the robotics stack, including latency, throughput, memory usage, and CPU efficiency</li> <li>Collaborate closely with hardware, apps, autonomy, and QA teams to ensure seamless system integration and deployment</li> <li>Establish and enforce best practices in software design, code quality, testing, and documentation</li> <li>Provide technical mentorship and leadership to engineers, guiding design reviews and complex debugging efforts</li> <li>Contribute hands-on code to critical components while balancing long-term architectural improvements</li> <li>Drive continuous improvement of development workflows, testing strategies, and system reliability</li> </ul> <p><strong>Education and/or Work Experience Requirements</strong>:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field</li> <li>7+ years of profession