Software Engineer/ Senior Software Engineer, Robotics - NREC
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA
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Jul 12, 2026
Pittsburgh, PA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on building and deploying mobile manipulation systems for industrial, logistics, and manufacturing applications. Day-to-day work spans writing high-performance C++ code, integrating perception and motion-planning software with hardware, running simulation-based testing, and iterating through code reviews and CI/CD pipelines. Suited to candidates with one to five years of robotics or systems software experience, with ROS2, robot kinematics, or real-world deployment experience as a plus.
Mid level · 1+ years · Pittsburgh, PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 330 people in the Pittsburgh, PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 250–430
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $127,238 (middle half $97,661–$159,195).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The posting covers a range of levels: 1–3 years maps to 'Software Engineer' and 3–5+ years to 'Senior Software Engineer'. The title carries no explicit level, so the title states no level. The 1-year minimum and the overall scope (team contributor, hands-on development) support a Mid band as the baseline pool.
A B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics 'or equivalent experience' is stated; because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, no formal degree is hard-required.
CI/CD is listed under the required qualifications section as a practice ('continuous integration (CI/CD) practices') rather than a named tool; no specific CI/CD platform (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions) is called out.
The preferred section mentions 'AI tools to develop robust software solutions' — this is framed broadly with no specific tool named; captured generically as AI/ML and marked preferred.
Defense/military project involvement is noted as a possibility but no security clearance is required or gated on.
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