# Robotics Software Lead

Robotics Software Lead GRAM, Los Angeles moving to the San Francisco Bay Area About the company GRAM is building a standalone, legged robot for critical infrastructure, with utilities as the initial focus. The locomotion policy is trained in simulation, and the engineering team today is hardware heavy and software light: mechanical and electromagnetics, electrical and power distribution, prototyping and chassis, and engineering leadership. The role You will be the architect of the full onboard software stack and the central node of the system. You own the message passing architecture, the middleware and the real time performance, so that every module (perception, controls, planning and drivers) communicates at the right speed with no latency surprises. You are not expected to own locomotion, perception or controls directly. This is a hands on role, you report to the Head of Engineering, start as an individual contributor, and have a path to build a team as the company scales. What you will do Own the onboard software architecture: how perception, estimation, planning and control fit together and communicate. Own real time performance across the stack, with latency and jitter budget

- **Id**: 4054560
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/gram-robotics-software-lead>
- **Role**: Robotics
- **Role family**: Robotics
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Palo Alto, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T23:44:15Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T03:59:47Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3113
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Robotics AI, Robotic Software & Control Systems

## Company

- **Id**: 673569
- **Name**: GRAM
- **Domain**: gram.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/gram-3>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **ROS** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **Zenoh** — Optional: no
- **EtherCAT** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T03:59:47Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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