Software Engineer I, Pilots

Brain Corp is a San Diego, California, USA-based AI company creating transformative core technology for the robotics industry. Our purpose is to create autonomous technology that helps the real world work better. Brain's robotic and AI solutions help retailers ensure that the right product is on the right shelf at the right price, in a clean environment. Through the BrainOS® Robotics Platform, which powers the largest global fleet of the Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in operation in commercial public spaces, Brain Corp delivers insightful and efficient automated solutions in both commercial floor cleaning and inventory management, empowering organizations and their employees to achieve more. Brain Corp currently powers more than 30,000 AMRs, representing the largest fleet of its kind in the world. Brain Corp is funded by the SoftBank Vision Fund, Clearbridge, and Qualcomm Ventures.

Position Overview: 

As a member of the Customer Engineering team, the Software Engineer will be working on pilots of a newly launched product and will help to solve complex problems in the retail automation space. The performance of our detections and recognitions is foundation to the value we deliver to our customers. As a core member of our engineering team, you will work with our world-class team of engineers and scientists to build and apply the BrainOS platform for the next generation of intelligent machines.  Your experience will be pivotal in advancing our mission of making the real world work better.

Essential Job Functions:

• Build and review performance metrics and dashboards of the production and/or pilot fleet as a key indicator of customer experience, and product performance
• Analyze trends and identify recommendations in product performance for improvements in our model training pipeline and operations
• Develop code and deliver software features/functionality that increases customer value and product scalability
• Increase the agility/ software release frequency of the team and organization through code refactoring, simplification, and removal
• Coordinate with cross-functional areas of expertise including hardware, firmware, platform, user experience, quality, cloud, autonomy and Applied ML engineering to deliver world-class customer value
• Remain up to date with developments across platform, AI, autonomy, navigation, and other robots, in order to leverage and contribute towards software innovation across all products

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
• 0-2 years of demonstrated experience in software development 

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics:

• Experience writing C++ (11+) and/or Python applications for embedded systems
• Experience building and evaluating computer vision models for object detection and recognition
• Solid understanding of design patterns, data structures, and advanced programming techniques
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in a multiple internal and external stakeholder environment
• Strong analytical skills that enable data-driven decisions and prioritization
• Experience with soft real-time and multi-threaded systems

Things that Make a Difference:

• Experience designing and developing robotic systems using robotics frameworks, including ROS, and existing libraries and tools
• Experience with path planning, AI algorithms, navigation algorithms, or robot behavior systems
• Experience with continuous integration, deployment and release management tools
• Experience with Agile and Scrum methodology
• Desire to constantly learn, receive and act on feedback, and share knowledge

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential functions may require maintaining the physical condition necessary for sitting, walking or standing for periods of time; operating a computer and keyboard; talk and hear at normal room levels; using hands to finger, grasp, and feel; repetitive motion; close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; lift, push, carry, or pull up to 20 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. Employees are exposed to the typical office environment with computers, printers and telephones.

Salary Range and Benefits:

The anticipated salary for candidates who will work in San Diego, California is $123,000. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc. Brain Corp is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of:

• A discretionary annual target bonus
• Stock options
• 401(k) plan with match (no waiting period and immediate vesting)
• Comprehensive suite of insurance benefits for employees (and their families) to include a variety of medical plan options (including an HSA with employer contribution), dental, vision, life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Legal/Identity support plans, pet insurance.
• Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
• Generous paid time off including flexible vacation, Paid Sick Leave, time off for volunteering in the community, 10 paid company holidays, and a winter company shutdown

Additional Perks include:

• Daily on-site lunch available in the San Diego office
• On-campus gym including pool and tennis courts in the San Diego office
• Opportunities to connect with colleagues including monthly game nights, hikes, wellness challenges, and community events 
• Internal continuous learning events 
• Opportunities to share your own interests and hobbies with the Company