Pivot Robotics

AI for Robot Arms in Factories

Software Engineer

$120K - $160KSan Francisco, CA, US
Job type
Full-time
Role
Engineering, Robotics
Experience
1+ years
Visa
US citizen/visa only
Skills
Python, Machine Learning, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Computer Vision
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Siddharth Girdhar
Siddharth Girdhar
Founder

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable software systems for production automation
  • Build core libraries and services supporting motion planning, control, and perception pipelines
  • Architect clean interfaces between software components and hardware-facing systems
  • Develop vision and sensor-integration software that feeds downstream planning and control stacks
  • Optimize software for performance, reliability, and deterministic behavior where required
  • Write high-quality, testable Python code with strong emphasis on readability, correctness, and maintainability
  • Own software engineering best practices: code reviews, testing strategies, CI/CD, and release processes
  • Build simulation, testing, and tooling infrastructure to validate behavior prior to deployment
  • Collaborate with robotics, controls, and hardware engineers to translate system requirements into well-defined software abstractions
  • Contribute to architectural decisions as the software platform scales across customers and deployments

Minimum Qualifications

  • B.S. in Computer Science or a related engineering field
  • Strong software engineering experience, especially in Python
  • Experience designing and maintaining complex software systems (services, libraries, APIs, or pipelines)
  • Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and systems design
  • Proficiency with Git, debugging, testing frameworks, and modern development workflows
  • Ability to work independently on ambiguous problems in a fast-paced environment
  • Due to U.S. export control regulations (ITAR), this position is limited to U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents)

Optional Qualifications

  • M.S. in Computer Science or a related field
  • Experience working on systems that interact with hardware, real-time constraints, or external devices
  • Familiarity with robotics, motion planning, control systems, or computer vision (helpful but not required)
  • Experience with ROS or similar middleware
  • Knowledge of performance optimization, concurrency, or distributed systems
  • Experience deploying software to edge, embedded, or hybrid cloud environments

About the interview

  1. Initial Interview
  2. Take-home challenge focused on software engineering and robotics
  3. Technical Interview
  4. On-site Visit & Team Interview
  5. Offer

About Pivot Robotics

Pivot Robots (YC W24) is building the AI brain for robot arms for high-mix manufacturing.

Pivot Robots combines off-the-shelf robots and vision sensors with recent breakthroughs in foundation vision models to give industrial robot arms the power to adapt. Our first product directly addresses the dangerous and unpopular task of grinding metal parts. Currently, our software is being deployed on 10+ robots at a large cast iron foundry.

Pivot Robotics
Founded:2023
Batch:W24
Team Size:6
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Siddharth Girdhar
Siddharth Girdhar
Founder
Vignesh Rajmohan
Vignesh Rajmohan
Founder