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At Apricity Robotics we strive to harness the power of AI and robotics to bring the warmth of hope and healing, revolutionizing healthcare and transforming challenging situations into opportunities for growth and progress. Our robot is improving sonographers’ quality of life and improving the quality of ultrasound scans. Our team is differentiated by its expertise in creativity, engineering, and delivering robots with advanced intelligence, dexterity, and care – specifically designed to work alongside people, in existing environments. Every day, we embrace challenging problems, developing new solutions and practical implementations that make robots intuitive and exceptional co‑workers. We approach our work with passion, making every day an adventure.

We are looking for a seasoned and visionary engineer to join our team as Senior Robotics Software Engineer. This role, located in person in Dublin, Ohio, will lead the development of the core robot software architectures that enable robust, safe, reliable, and intelligent behavior in our robotic platforms. You will define and implement the core infrastructure of our robot software platform, enabling advanced capabilities in kinematics, vision, sensor fusion, and controls. Your solutions will be essential to delivering responsive, capable, and reliable systems that operate around patients and become an extension of sonographers.

• Lead the architecture, development, and performance of the full robotics software stack—including path planning, state estimation, sensor fusion, whole‑body control, manipulation, and safety.
• Write clear, well‑documented code that is easily understood and maintained by other team members.
• Ensure seamless integration of perception, planning, and control components to enable robust robot operation in complex, semi‑structured environments.
• Drive the development of software frameworks that support extensibility, modularity, and scalability across robot platforms and hardware variants.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with hardware, applications, product, and systems teams to define and deliver key robot capabilities, performance benchmarks, and feature milestones.
• Champion quality, reliability, and real‑time performance throughout the robotics stack, with particular emphasis on safety‑critical applications.
• Set technical strategy, engineering standards, and development processes that enable rapid iteration while ensuring long‑term maintainability.
• Foster a high‑performance, collaborative culture.
• Stay ahead of emerging trends in robotics autonomy, controls, and AI, and identify strategic opportunities to adopt and integrate new technologies.
• Mentor talented robotics software engineers, fostering their technical and professional development.

• Degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience delivering production robotics systems, ideally with real‑world deployment at scale or equivalent advanced degree experience.
• Deep expertise in one or more of the following areas: whole‑body control, model‑predictive control, sensor fusion, path planning, manipulation, or collision models.
• Proficiency in C++ and Python, with extensive experience designing, developing, and deploying complex robotic systems using ROS2.
• Proven ability to work with multidisciplinary engineering teams and deliver highly integrated robotic systems.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and executive presentation skills.
• Passion for building impactful technology that improves the lives of real users.
• Demonstrates high energy, availability, intrinsic motivation, and focus to drive intensely in domains.

• Experience delivering robotics systems in medical, manufacturing, or other semi‑structured domains.
• Familiarity with medical compliance and/or medical‑device product development.
• Prior leadership in building and maintaining safety‑critical or real‑time software systems.
• Familiarity with functional safety practices and certification.

• Salary: $118,000–$176,000 annually, depending on experience.
• Competitive stock options.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Employee medical, dental, and vision insurance 100% covered by Apricity, with options to add dependents through a subsidized pre‑tax deduction.
• Insurance Coverage: medical, dental, and vision insurance available.
• Flexible Time Off policy.
• 10 paid company holidays, including an end‑of‑year holiday shutdown.
• Relocation assistance available to move you near our Dublin, Ohio office.

Apricity Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Apricity Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apricity Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.