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 vertically-integrated 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.