Robotics Software Engineer

required

Linux + Bash

Comfortable in tmux, journalctl, systemd, network debugging tools.

2 resources

required

C++ and Python (both)

Python for prototyping + scripting, C++ for performance-critical nodes.

2 resources

required

CMake

Reading + writing CMakeLists.txt. Painful but unavoidable.

1 resources

recommended

Git workflows for hardware-in-the-loop teams

Branching strategies, large-file storage, releasing to a fleet of physical robots.

1 resources

required

ROS 2 fundamentals

Nodes, topics, services, actions, parameters, lifecycle nodes.

2 resources

required

TF2 (transforms)

Coordinate frame management — the single most-used piece of ROS 2.

1 resources

recommended

Nav2 (navigation stack)

The reference ROS 2 nav stack for ground robots.

1 resources

alternative

ROS 1 migration knowledge

Read-only — recognize ROS 1 code when you see it in legacy repos.

0 resources

required

Gazebo / Ignition

The default open-source sim that ships with ROS 2.

1 resources

recommended

NVIDIA Isaac Sim

Higher-fidelity GPU sim. Used heavily at Anduril, Skydio, Apptronik.

1 resources

optional

Embedded C / firmware basics

STM32, interrupt handling, real-time scheduling. Enough to read a firmware engineer's code.

2 resources

recommended

NVIDIA Jetson + edge ML deployment

Compile-for-deployment, TensorRT, JetPack.

1 resources