Staff Robotics Engineer (Austin) Job at Insight Global, Austin, TX

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  • Insight Global
  • Austin, TX

Job Description

Duration: 12-month Contract

Rate: $75 - $95/hr

Required Skills & Experience

- 9+ years in systems and/or software engineering with at 2+ in complex robotics systems or autonomous systems

- Professional experience in designing and scaling complex hardware and software systems for real-time robotics applications

- Strong understanding of robotics architecture patterns, real-time control loops, sensor fusion, SLAM and distributed systems

- Expertise in C++, Python, and system lead development (RTOS, Linux, embedded Linux)

- Extensive experience with ROS2, DDS and real-time communication protocols

- Strong background in systems architecture, software abstraction layers and interface design

- Experience with software reliability engineering, including logging, telemetry, debugging, and automated test frameworks

- Adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity in an R&D focused environment

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Hands-on experience scaling robot fleets in industrial or warehouse environments

- Proven leadership in shipping production grade robotics platforms in manufacturing, logistics, autonomous systems or related domains

- Familiarity with safety standards (e.g. ISO 10218, IEC 61508) and compliance in robotic deployments

- Experience with AI/ML systems integration into real-time robotic applications

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Senior Systems Engineer to join a team developing state-of-the-art general-purpose robots designed to operate in human spaces and with human tools. It is designed to work alongside humans, mobilize to human spaces, and manipulate the world around it. This group is building some of the most advanced robots on the planet, dating back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge, and applying their expertise across the full robotics stack. The ideal candidate values passion, creativity, and collaboration to help us overcome existing technological barriers in the industry to create truly innovative products.

This position requires experience in robotics systems design, scaling complex systems, and the ability to balance technical vision with pragmatic execution. This individual must be able to thrive in a fast-paced, cross functional development environment.

- Architect and evolve robot hardware and software platforms, driving reliability, modularity, scalability, and maintainability.

- Help drive systems requirement definition and integration across hardware, embedded controls, capabilities, and operator interfaces.

- Design for real-time performance, fault tolerance, and reliability in a production environment.

- Collaborate with hardware, software and operation teams to ensure seamless robot operations and fleet-level orchestration.

- Design and develop requirements for real-time monitoring, data logging and remote diagnostics for production scale robot fleets.

- Drive and support root cause failure analysis and fault recovery mechanism to enhance uptime and performance.

Job Tags

Contract work, Part time, Remote work,

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