Software Engineer – Robot Navigation, Localization & SLAM

Our Purpose

TERADYNE – where experience meets innovation and driving excellence in every connection. We foster an inclusive culture that values diversity, collaboration, and continuous learning, enabling us to deliver advanced robotics solutions with realworld impact.

Opportunity Overview

We are looking for a Software Engineer with a strong background in robot navigation, localization, and SLAM who wants to apply deep technical expertise closer to real customer deployments.

This role is ideal for engineers coming from core R&D or autonomy teams who want to see their work make an immediate difference in production systems. You will work in a customerfacing frontoffice engineering team, operating at the intersection of deployed robots, real environments, and the evolution of our navigation stack.

You will not be doing firstline support. Instead, you will own technically complex navigation issues observed in the field, identify root causes, implement solutions where appropriate, and drive welldefined escalations to R&D when architectural changes are required. Your work will directly influence both customer success and the future direction of our autonomy software.

What This Role Is About

Turning realworld navigati on failures into concrete software improvements
Bringing production feedback back into the autonomy stack
Solving problems that only emerge at scale and in customer environments
Maintaining strong technical ownership while increasing customer impact

Key Responsibilities

Take endtoend ownership of navigation, localization, and SLAM issues observed in customer deployments
Analyze logs, metrics, and recorded sensor data to understand system behavior in the real world
Reproduce complex problems in lab, simulation, or controlled field environments
Design and implement robust fixes and improvements in navigation, mapping, localization, and planning software (C++)
Decide whether issues can be resolved within the frontoffice scope or require structured escalation to core R&D
Escalate with clear technical analysis, reproduction cases, and suggested solution directions
Collaborate closely with R&D to ensure field learnings influence longterm architecture
Improve navigation robustness in dynamic, customerspecific environments
Contribute to architectural discussions affecting autonomy and fleetlevel behavior
Support improvements to automated testing and deployment to prevent recurrence of field issues

This is not a traditional support role. There is no ticket queue ownership or firstline customer support.

This is an engineering role focused on solving hard, realworld autonomy problems.

All About You

Mandatory Qualifications

5+ years of professional experience in software development with strong C++ focus
Practical experience debugging complex, realworld robotic systems
Handson background in robot navigation, localization, SLAM, or autonomy software
Ability to move from systemlevel symptoms to rootcause analysis and software changes
Strong understanding of software architecture, design principles, and maintainable systems
Experience working with production systems and ambiguity
Experience with testdriven development and agile methodologies
Fluent in spoken and written English
M.Sc. in Robotics Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field

Proficiency Required In Several Of The Following

SLAM, localization, and mapping techniques used in deployed systems
Robot navigation and motion planning in realworld environments
Diagnosing behavior using logs, telemetry, and recorded sensor streams
Sensor fusion using lidar, 3D cameras, and odometry
ROS (Robot Operating System) and navigation middleware
Multiagent and asynchronous system behavior
Traffic coordination or fleetlevel navigation concepts
Containerized software and microservicebased architectures
Interprocess communication (e.g., gRPC)
DevOps practices such as CI/CD and automated testing
Version control systems (Git)
Experience collaborating across frontoffice and core R&D teams
Background in mobile robots, autonomous systems, or fielddeployed robotic products
Experience using AI development tools

Personal Attributes

You enjoy deep technical problem solving, but want your work to matter immediately in the real world. You take ownership, are comfortable working in imperfect production environments, and know when to fix issues yourself versus driving change upstream. You value clear communication, pragmatic decisions, and building software that works reliably for customers.

We are only considering candidates local to the position location. This position does not offer relocation or visa sponsorship.

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