Founding Robotics Software Engineer Founding Robotics Software EngineerLocation: San Francisco (preferred) / USType: Full-time · Founding TeamAbout Bracket BotBracket Bot is building low-cost, general-purpose robots that developers can program and deploy in days.We’re transforming the world’s ~50 million software engineers into robotics engineers by building a full-stack platform—hardware, software, infra, and ML—designed from first principles for performance, usability, and cost. Low expense is a design goal, not a constraint.By transforming commodity, mass-manufactured components through disciplined engineering, we deliver robots that are reliable, high-performance, and inexpensive to build and operate. We believe fewer than 1,000 engineers globally can reason about robotics as a true vertically-integrated system, and we’re assembling a small team of them to build an accessible, developer-first robotics platform.We’re backed by an amazing group of investors, co-led by Fifty Years (Scott Phoenix) and BoxGroup, with participation from Betaworks and Pace Capital, plus standout angels including Logan Kilpatrick (Google AI), Mohith Mothukuri (Physical Intelligence), and Guillermo Rauch (Vercel).Bracket Bot is building a low-expense, high-performance robotics platform ready for real-world deployment.About the roleWe’re hiring a Founding Robotics Software Engineer to own our navigation stack end-to-end. This is a core, full-time problem — not a side project. You’ll be responsible for making our robot reliably understand and move through real environments.What you’ll doOwn SLAM, mapping, localization, and path planningWork with point clouds, sensor fusion, and perception pipelinesDebug sim → real gaps on physical robotsCollaborate closely with mechanical and electrical engineersPush navigation into messy, real-world environments (not just demos)What we’re looking forStrong robotics SWE backgroundExperience with SLAM, mapping, navigation, or perceptionComfort working with real robots (ROS or custom stacks)Bias toward robustness and simplicityNice to havePoint clouds, COLMAP / SfM, Gaussian splattingField robotics or autonomy experienceImportant notesThis is not a research-only roleThis is not a “plug-in, open-source, and walk away” roleWe care about judgment, ownership, and robustnessEqual Opportunity EmployerBracket Bot is an equal opportunity employer. We’re building a diverse team and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.