<p><strong>Robotics Engineer</strong></p><p>Onsite | Austin, TX | Contract-to-Hire</p><p><br></p><p>As a Robotics Engineer, you will define the technical strategy for how complex, hardware-integrated software is built, packaged, and delivered, from local development environments to production systems. You will own the vision and architecture for a modern C++ build platform, evolving it into a scalable, high-performance system that supports a growing engineering organization and increasingly sophisticated products.</p><p><br></p><p>This role goes beyond infrastructure development. It requires driving alignment across software, systems, and embedded teams, shaping engineering culture around build reliability and developer velocity, and ensuring platform initiatives are tightly aligned with key delivery milestones. You will serve as the technical authority on build systems and developer tooling, enabling engineers across the organization to move faster and operate more effectively.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities: </strong></p><ul><li>Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for the C++ build platform, aligning platform investments with product timelines and organizational scale</li><li>Architect and scale build infrastructure, including remote caching, remote execution, and cross-compilation across diverse hardware targets</li><li>Establish standards for reproducible builds, artifact traceability, and system-level reliability across engineering teams</li><li>Own build environments and the full artifact lifecycle, including packaging, versioning, and delivery to target systems</li><li>Design, optimize, and scale CI/CD pipelines while establishing metrics and service level objectives for performance and reliability</li><li>Manage dependencies within the C++ ecosystem, balancing flexibility, reproducibility, and long-term maintainability</li><li>Partner with engineering leadership to shape the developer productivity roadmap and advocate for platform investment</li><li>Lead cross-functional initiatives to streamline build processes, eliminate inefficiencies, and resolve systemic engineering bottlenecks</li><li>Mentor engineers and act as the subject matter expert for build systems, tooling, and infrastructure best practices</li><li>Serve as an escalation point for complex technical challenges spanning application code, build tooling, containers, and infrastructure</li></ul>

<ul><li>Deep expertise in C/C++ and modern build systems (e.g., CMake, Bazel, Meson), with strong knowledge of compilers, linkers, and toolchains</li><li>Proven experience building and scaling CI/CD pipelines, distributed build systems, and cross-compilation environments</li><li>Strong understanding of Linux systems, including internals, networking, file systems, and resource management</li><li>Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, Bash), with a focus on maintainable, production-grade tooling</li><li>Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction through design documentation, RFCs, and cross-team collaboration</li><li>Track record of solving complex, ambiguous challenges across multiple teams or domains</li><li>Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts across audiences and levels of the organization</li><li>Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP)</li></ul><p><strong>Education &amp; Experience</strong></p><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience</li><li>5+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or build/release engineering</li><li>Experience supporting engineering teams through scalable infrastructure, tooling, and platform development</li></ul>

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