Software Engineer - Core Systems

What this role involves

This role involves owning the foundational C++ infrastructure for a humanoid robot, including sensor pipelines, motor control interfaces, and inter-process communication. The engineer will ensure performance, determinism, and reliability as the robot scales from prototype to thousands of units. The position requires deep expertise in Linux systems programming and production C++ in performance-critical domains.

Skills this posting asks for

• c++
• linux
• real-time systems
• ipc
• serialization
• lock-free queues
• memory pools
• shared-memory
• profiling
• benchmarking
• flamegraphs
• regression tracking
• sensor pipelines
• motor control
• deterministic scheduling
• cross-compilation
• assembly
• perf counters

Requirements

• 5 years of experience
• Level: senior

From the employer’s posting

ABOUT 1X We’re building humanoid robots that work in home - doing the chores, handling the tasks, and giving people their time back. Simple, but it’s not. To do this right, we have to solve robotics, AI, manufacturing - at the same time, at scale, in a form factor that has to be safe enough to…