Founding Robotics Software Engineer
Founding Robotics Software Engineer
Location: San Francisco (preferred) / US
Type: Full-time · Founding Team
About Bracket Bot
Bracket 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 full-stack 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 role
We’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 do
Own SLAM, mapping, localization, and path planning
Work with point clouds, sensor fusion, and perception pipelines
Debug sim → real gaps on physical robots
Collaborate closely with mechanical and electrical engineers
Push navigation into messy, real-world environments (not just demos)
What we’re looking for
Strong robotics SWE background
Experience with SLAM, mapping, navigation, or perception
Comfort working with real robots (ROS or custom stacks)
Bias toward robustness and simplicity
Nice to have
Point clouds, COLMAP / SfM, Gaussian splatting
Field robotics or autonomy experience
Important notes
This is not a research-only role
This is not a “plug-in, open-source, and walk away” role
We care about judgment, ownership, and robustness
Equal Opportunity Employer
Bracket Bot is an equal opportunity employer. We’re building a diverse team and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
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