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Linux Robotics & Autonomous Systems Jobs
Robotics and autonomous systems engineers build software for robots, autonomous vehicles, drones, and other physically embodied systems. ROS and ROS2 run on Linux; autonomous vehicle stacks from NVIDIA, Waymo, and Cruise are Linux-based. This specialised field requires unusual depth, combining real-time systems, perception algorithms, motion planning, sensor fusion, and simulation. Demand is surging with AV and industrial robotics investment.
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San Mateo, California, United States Today Not disclosed
Long Beach, California, United States Yesterday $164k – $226k
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Detroit, Michigan, United States Yesterday Not disclosed
Los Angeles, California, United States Yesterday $25 – $34
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Palo Alto, California, United States Yesterday Not disclosed
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Irvine, California, United States Yesterday Not disclosed
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Yesterday CAD 4k – CAD 5k
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Henderson, Colorado, United States Yesterday $122k – $135k
Costa Mesa, California, United States Yesterday $113k – $149k
Fremont, California, United States; Salem, Oregon, United States; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Yesterday $175k – $273k
Mountain View, California, United States Yesterday $235k – $352k
Costa Mesa, California, United States 2d ago $129k – $171k
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Englewood, Colorado, United States 2d ago Not disclosed
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San Francisco, California, United States; Oakland, California, United States; Concord, California, United States 2d ago $101k – $149k
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Columbus, Ohio, United States 4d ago Not disclosed
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States 5d ago $92k – $114k
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Burlington, Massachusetts, United States 6d ago $180k – $200k
Frequently Asked Questions
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ROS (Robot Operating System) is the dominant open-source framework for building robot software: providing message passing, hardware abstraction, tools, and a vast ecosystem of packages. ROS and its successor ROS2 are natively developed and supported on Linux (Ubuntu in particular), making Linux proficiency a prerequisite for virtually all robotics software roles.
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Core skills include C++ and Python, real-time systems programming, ROS/ROS2, sensor fusion (cameras, LiDAR, IMU), perception algorithms (object detection, SLAM, depth estimation), motion planning, simulation (Gazebo, Isaac Sim, CARLA), and hardware interfaces. Understanding of Linux real-time extensions (PREEMPT_RT) is valuable for hard real-time requirements.
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Autonomous vehicles (Waymo, Cruise, Motional, Aurora), industrial automation (Boston Dynamics, Universal Robots, Fanuc), agricultural robotics, delivery robots, warehouse automation (Amazon Robotics), defence and space (NASA, DARPA contractors), and consumer robotics (Dyson, iRobot).
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Robotics engineers in the US earn $130,000–$190,000 at mid to senior level. AV companies in the Bay Area and Pittsburgh compete aggressively for talent with total compensation packages frequently exceeding $200,000. The specialisation is narrow enough that strong practitioners can negotiate from a position of scarcity.