[All remote jobs](https://jobicy.com/jobs.md)[![Serve Robotics logo](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/08/8ad805d9-221.png)](https://jobicy.com/company/serve-robotics.md)[Serve Robotics](https://jobicy.com/company/serve-robotics.md) # Sr. Embedded Software Engineer, Robotics Platform Review the role, location requirements, compensation details, and application process before deciding whether this opportunity fits your next career move. [Apply for this job](#job-application)[View company](https://jobicy.com/company/serve-robotics.md)ShareRemote from[USA](https://jobicy.com/job-region/usa.md), [Canada](https://jobicy.com/job-region/canada.md)SalaryUSD 167,800–204k / yrDepartment[Software Engineering](https://jobicy.com/categories/engineering.md)EmploymentFull TimeExperienceSeniorPublished7 Oct 2026Apply before6 Nov 2026Listing views21Application actions1Application toolkit ## Make your next move. Prepare your resume, explore your fit, and draft a cover letter for this opportunity. AI Summary ## The role, at a glance. Serve Robotics is hiring a senior embedded software engineer to build and operate middleware and application frameworks for its sidewalk delivery-robot fleet. The role centers on modern C++ and embedded Linux, with ownership spanning architecture, implementation, validation, deployment, observability, and fleet reliability. The engineer will solve complex concurrency, IPC, networking, scheduling, and constrained-compute problems while partnering with autonomy, systems, and hardware teams. This is a senior, safety- and reliability-focused platform role that also includes technical reviews, standards development, and mentorship. ## Role DNA A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description. ### Job Complexity 5/5EasyHard ### Pace & Pressure 4/5RelaxedFast-paced ### Autonomy Level 5/5GuidedFull ownership ### Communication Load 5/5IndependentCollaborative AI insightThe position requires deep production expertise in modern C++, embedded Linux, real-time or high-reliability systems, and diagnosis across software and hardware boundaries. Senior ownership of fleet-scale platform components and safety-related technical decisions makes the work highly complex. ## Salary analysis Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles. Estimated job medianMarket rate$185,900US market range$160k–$220k0$242k AI insightThe disclosed yearly base compensation range is USD 167,800 to USD 204,000, producing a midpoint of USD 185,900. A competitive US market range for a senior embedded robotics/platform engineer is estimated at USD 160,000 to USD 220,000 yearly, varying with robotics experience, location, safety-critical domain expertise, and equity incentives. ## Core skills Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity. [Modern C++](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Modern%20C%2B%2B.md)[Embedded Linux](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Embedded%20Linux.md)[Robotics Middleware](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Robotics%20Middleware.md)[Multithreading](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Multithreading.md)[Concurrency](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Concurrency.md)[Interprocess Communication](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Interprocess%20Communication.md)[Real-Time Systems](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Real-Time%20Systems.md)[Systems Architecture](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Systems%20Architecture.md)[Performance Optimization](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Performance%20Optimization.md)[Fleet Observability](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Fleet%20Observability.md) Sample interview questionsHow would you design a middleware component that supports reliable communication between robotics processes on an embedded Linux device?I would first define latency, throughput, fault-isolation, and resource constraints, then choose an IPC approach appropriate to message size and delivery requirements. I would establish versioned interfaces and explicit timeouts, backpressure, health checks, and recovery behavior. Instrumentation for latency, queue depth, dropped messages, and error rates would be built in from the start, with integration and fault-injection tests validating behavior under process failure and resource pressure. Describe how you would investigate intermittent latency spikes in a robot's control-related software service. I would begin by collecting synchronized traces, logs, CPU and memory profiles, scheduler data, and network or IPC metrics around the event. I would examine contention, priority inversion, blocking I/O, allocation activity, queue buildup, and competing workloads, then reproduce the issue under controlled load where possible. After identifying the bottleneck, I would implement a targeted change, benchmark it against a baseline, and add monitoring and regression coverage to prevent recurrence. What practices do you use to make multithreaded C++ software safe and maintainable? I favor clear ownership models, minimal shared mutable state, bounded queues, and well-defined thread lifecycles. I use synchronization primitives deliberately, document locking and ordering rules, avoid holding locks during expensive work or callbacks, and use sanitizers and stress tests to expose races and deadlocks. Where suitable, I prefer message passing or immutable data to reduce coordination complexity. How would you translate a system-level safety or reliability requirement into software verification work? I would convert the requirement into observable software behaviors, interfaces, fault conditions, and measurable acceptance criteria. I would identify relevant failure modes, define detection and degraded-operation strategies, and map each requirement to unit, integration, hardware-in-the-loop, and operational tests as appropriate. Traceability from requirement through design, implementation, test evidence, and runtime telemetry is important for demonstrating that the behavior remains valid in deployment. Tell us about your approach to leading a technical design review for a platform component used by multiple teams. I would circulate a concise design document that states the problem, constraints, API proposal, alternatives, tradeoffs, failure modes, rollout plan, and success metrics. During the review, I would actively seek input from dependent software, systems, and hardware stakeholders and ensure decisions are grounded in operational requirements rather than preference. I would document outcomes, owners, open risks, and follow-up milestones so the design can be implemented and adopted predictably. Opportunity details ## About this role. At Serve Robotics, we’re reimagining how things move in cities. Our personable sidewalk robot is our vision for the future. It’s designed to take deliveries away from congested streets, make deliveries available to more people, and benefit local businesses. The Serve fleet has been delighting merchants, customers, and pedestrians along the way in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago while doing commercial deliveries. We’re looking for talented individuals who will grow robotic deliveries from surprising novelty to efficient ubiquity. ### Who We Are We are tech industry veterans in software, hardware, and design who are pooling our skills to build the future we want to live in. We are solving real-world problems leveraging robotics, machine learning and computer vision, among other disciplines, with a mindful eye towards the end-to-end user experience. Our team is agile, diverse, and driven. We believe that the best way to solve complicated dynamic problems is collaboratively and respectfully. Responsibilities * Design, develop, test, and maintain robotics middleware and application frameworks using modern C++ on embedded Linux. * Own significant platform components from technical design and implementation through validation, deployment, and operation across Serve’s robot fleet. * Partner with software teams using the robot platform to identify reliability, performance, and developer experience problems and deliver reusable solutions. * Collaborate with Autonomy and Systems Engineering on risk assessments, failure analysis, fault-handling strategies, and software architecture. * Translate system-level safety and reliability requirements into software behavior, interfaces, and verification strategies. * Develop instrumentation, benchmarks, logging, tracing, and fleet-level metrics to measure and improve software performance, reliability, and system health. * Diagnose and resolve complex system-level issues involving concurrency, scheduling, interprocess communication, networking, and constrained compute resources. * Evaluate technical tradeoffs and contribute to architectural decisions that improve the scalability, maintainability, and reliability of the robotics platform. * Lead technical design and code reviews and contribute to engineering standards, development practices, and technical documentation. * Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers through design discussions, problem solving, and knowledge sharing. Qualifications * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience. * 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience developing production software in modern C++ (C++17 and newer). * Experience developing and debugging systems software in embedded Linux environments. * Strong understanding of multithreaded programming, concurrency, synchronization, interprocess communication, and systems-level software development. * Experience designing software for latency-sensitive, safety-related, real-time, or high-reliability systems. * Experience profiling and optimizing embedded software for performance, reliability, and resource utilization. * Experience independently owning complex software components through design, implementation, testing, and deployment. * Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to diagnose complex issues across software and hardware boundaries. * Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across software, systems, and hardware engineering teams. What Makes You Stand Out * Experience developing middleware for robotics, autonomous vehicles, or similar complex systems. * Experience developing and deploying production software on NVIDIA Jetson or similar embedded computing platforms. * Knowledge of Linux internals, scheduling, resource management, device interfaces, and interprocess communication mechanisms. * Experience with fault-tolerant architecture, failure-mode analysis, functional safety, or safety-related software development. * Experience with distributed systems, networking, RPC frameworks, or serialization technologies such as Protocol Buffers, FlatBuffers, or Cap’n Proto. * Experience developing telemetry, observability, health monitoring, or diagnostic capabilities for robotics or distributed device fleets. * Experience integrating software with sensors, embedded hardware, or other robotic system components. Additional Information: This role works across multiple engineering disciplines and balances hands-on software development with systems-level problem solving, technical design, and cross-functional collaboration. The position may occasionally require access to robotics hardware or onsite participation in integration, testing, troubleshooting, or validation activities. 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