Senior Systems Engineer (Remote)
At Cobalt Robotics, our indoor robots work together with remote human operators to keep our customers safe. We patrol 24x7 to help prevent break-ins, detect massive leaks and give our customers visibility over their space, their assets, and their data.
Cobalt's team is comprised of renowned technologists and security professionals, and backed by world-class investors such as Sequoia, Bloomberg Beta, and Coatue. In 2019, Cobalt was recognized as one of the Best Places to Work by the Silicon Valley Business Journal and the San Francisco Business Times.
We’re looking for people who want to make an impact with us and help build a company that is known for its excellence in engineering, passion for progress, and dedication to customers.
Our robots and infrastructure leverage an incredible number of linux subsystems to perform their jobs - from Networking to USB to GPU drivers. Your goal will be to improve reliability and increase performance wherever our system touches the OS - whether in our robotics code, our device drivers, or our configuration.
Your Goals
- Interface with numerous types of hardware on the robot - including wifi cards, cellular modems, Nvidia GPUs, USB devices, and audio devices
- Investigate and root cause reliability issues that come from the interface of our hardware and software systems.
- Design new systems for OTA and help bringup future versions of robot hardware
- Contribute to design discussions and code reviews
Your Experience
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field
- 3+ years of industry experience (or equivalent) managing Linux systems
- Experience with the Linux networking stack, and Network management
- Experience with hardware and electrical level issues such as USB, wifi, PCI, ESD, Grounding, etc
- Familiarity with python and C++
- Strong communication skills with engineers on other teams
Bonus Points
- Experience with the Linux audio / video stack (ALSA, V4L)
- Experience with Robotics or ROS
- Experience with electrical engineering and PCB design
- Have worked in a startup environment
- Experience developing electronics or firmware
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.