Lead Software Engineer

Origin Autonomy is looking for a versatile, hands-on software engineer to work across embedded Linux systems, networking stacks, robotic middleware, and cloud-connected services.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement robot boot-up sequences and service orchestration.
• Configure and manage Linux networking (TCP/IP, HTTP, iptables, ARP, DHCP, DNS).
• Own CI/CD pipelines using ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, and containerised workflows.
• Manage Docker-based deployment and runtime environments.
• Write Bash scripts and system administration tooling.
• Collaborate with robotics, perception, and application teams.
• Establish Git workflows and code review practices.
• Lead and mentor platform engineers.

Requirements:

• Experience with Linux systems programming in C.
• Proficiency in File I/O and memory-mapped files.
• Strong understanding of Multithreading (pthreads, mutexes, condition variables).
• Advanced Socket programming (TCP/UDP, select/poll/epoll).
• Experience with Data structures and algorithms.
• Hands-on expertise with Python scripting.
• Knowledge of Bash scripting.
• Proficiency in Git (CLI, branching, rebasing, conflict resolution).
• Knowledge of UML diagrams.
• Strong experience in Vim/Nano or equivalent editor experience.

Strong Advantages:

• C++17 STL, Templates, OOP.
• Network protocols and configuration.
• Client-server architecture.
• DDS vs MQTT communication models.
• SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Network security concepts.
• ROS2 framework.
• CMake build system.
• Docker and containerization.

Skills

C, C++, Linux, Socket, TCP, UDP, pthreads