Manage and mentor a small team of highly skilled software engineers, understanding their strengths and development areas.
Quickly digest discussions in cross-functional meetings and identify critical dependencies, ensuring they are tracking progress, and are addressed.
Monitor and track dependencies across teams, obtaining support from software leadership as necessary.
Autonomously remove roadblocks to enable the team to make progress and keep on track towards the desired outcomes.
Track team performance, conducting regular reviews, and ensure alignment with project goals.
Lead sprint planning, ensuring clear communication of priorities, tasks and deadlines, and actively track team progress.
Represent the work of the team in various forums, ensuring visibility and alignment with broader company objectives.
Actively work to remove distractions and administrative burdens from your software engineering team, allowing them to focus on maximizing their development time.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
7+ years of experience in software development with a strong technical background in Robotics.
2+ years of technical leadership experience or people management experience.
3+ years of Robotics related technical experience.
Proficient in Python programming language and able to contribute code on a daily basis.
Familiar with Issue Tracking Systems (Jira), Linux (Ubuntu), and Version Control Systems (Git).
Experience working in a fast-paced Agile environment.
Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures, with experience designing and optimizing algorithms for computationally complex robotic applications.
Expertise in advanced software development techniques, including multithreading, asynchronous programming, messaging systems (e.g., MQTT, ROS2, Kafka), parallel programming, and API development.

Principal Software Engineer, Robotics

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