Atlanta, GA

Salary
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Posted
Aug 16, 2026
Location
Atlanta, GA
Last confirmed open
Sep 24, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A robotics software engineering role at a startup building autonomous outdoor mowing and landscaping platforms. The engineer will own subsystems end-to-end — design through field debugging — writing production C++ and Python on ROS/ROS2, integrating sensors, and contributing to technical direction. Suited to someone with hands-on depth in at least one of control systems, computer vision, sensor fusion, motion planning, or SLAM.

Mid level · 3+ years · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA · Full-time

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Must have (7)
C++PythonROSCMakeLinuxAI coding assistants, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code or Codexcontrol systems, Computer Vision, Sensor Fusion, Motion Planning or Slam
Nice to have (3)
functional safetyOTA updatesfleet telemetry

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 160 people in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 120–250

Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.

What gives you an edge
ROS3%control systems8%CMake10%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
Python51%Linux45%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $135,884 (middle half $106,941–$167,811).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 18, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (6)

The posting frames the role as 'Experienced' in the title but gives no explicit seniority level word (Senior, Mid, etc.). The 3–6 year experience range and scope of owning a subsystem end-to-end maps to Mid-level; advertised seniority is treated as Unspecified.

The depth requirement in control systems, computer vision, sensor fusion, motion planning, or SLAM is listed as a hard gate ('at least one of'), so these are captured as a single required skill with alternatives rather than separate preferred entries.

AI software development tools (Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, etc.) appear in the required qualifications block and are treated as a hard gate, though this is an unusual requirement; the specific tools named are listed as alternatives.

Nice-to-have items (outdoor robotics experience, functional safety, fleet/OTA, mentoring) are listed under an explicit 'You might also (nice-to-have)' heading and are marked preferred accordingly.

No compensation figures are stated in the posting.

Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): outdoor/unstructured environment robotics.

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