Flexible Work Model
Work from home, from the office, or in a hybrid format that supports focus and collaboration.
About the role
In this role, you will be working on solutions innovation for complex automation challenges, focusing on areas such as robotic arms, end-effectors, and humanoid robots to enhance precision, productivity, and efficiency in industry. This position combines hands-on robotics expertise with technical leadership and strategic decision-making.
The Industrial Robotics & Automation (IRaA) subdivision within the SoftServe Robotics Group specializes in developing and integrating advanced robotic systems for various industrial applications.
Responsibilities
- Define architecture for industrial robotics and automation solutions, including robotic arms, humanoid robots, legged robots, mobile platforms, end-effectors, and integrated robotic cells
- Translate customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints into robust, scalable, and maintainable robotics system architectures
- Drive architectural decisions related to motion planning, control, perception, simulation, hardware integration, deployment, and system reliability
- Establish best practices for robotics software development, testing, simulation, CI/CD, observability, and performance optimization
- Mentor senior and middle engineers, support technical growth within the team, and contribute to building IRaA engineering expertise
- Conduct regular research on the latest trends, technologies, and standards in industrial robotics, automation, simulation, and AI-enabled robotics
- Contribute to pre-sales activities, technical proposals, solution estimations, and customer-facing architecture discussions
Requirements
- BS/MS/Ph.D. in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Control Systems, or a related field
- Experienced in designing complex robotics software architectures for industrial or advanced automation systems
- Strong in robotics fundamentals, including motion planning, trajectory optimization, kinematics, dynamics, control, perception, and system-level integration
- Proficient in making high-level architectural decisions across software, hardware interfaces, control systems, middleware, simulation environments, and deployment pipelines
- Experienced with robotic arms, mobile robots, humanoid robots, legged robots, end-effectors, sensors, actuators, and industrial automation equipment
- Proficient in C++, Python, Linux, and modern software engineering practices
- Experienced with ROS/ROS2, MoveIt2, and simulation-driven development; NVIDIA Isaac Sim experience is a strong advantage
- Confident with engineering tools such as Git, CMake, Make, GDB, CI/CD, testing frameworks, profiling tools, and code quality practices
- Skilled in software architecture principles, modular system design, distributed systems, real-time or near-real-time systems, and performance optimization
SoftServe is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, disability, health condition, marital or family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Role Summary
Location
USA
Work type
Remote/Office
Direction
Engineering & Technology
Subdirection
Robotics & Advanced Automation
Tech level
Lead
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You bring your perspective and ambition. We create an environment where your work meets clarity, confidence, and purpose.
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