Senior Robotic Software Developer

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

As a Senior Robotic Software Developer, you will emphasize platform-level ownership, including system architecture, deployment workflows, and ensuring reproducibility and reliability across development and on-robot environments. In this role, you will work at the intersection of research and real-world deployment, helping bring advanced robotics capabilities into industry applications. You will be responsible for the integration of mobile manipulators, combining autonomous mobile robots with robotic manipulators to enable complex industrial tasks. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in system-level, enjoy working across the full robotics stack, and want to see their work deployed and operating continuously on physical systems. You will report to Senior Manager, Robot Technology Integration. You will work Hybrid in Waterloo, ON.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead architecture design for platform-level systems, defining interfaces, abstractions, and long-term evolution strategy; Drive integration strategies across heterogeneous subsystems and environments; Design for fault tolerance, graceful degradation, and recovery in real-world systems.
• Design and maintain deployment workflows and CI/CD pipelines for robotics applications; Ensure reproducibility across development, simulation, and physical system environments; Manage software lifecycle, versioning, and release processes for deployed systems.
• Improve overall system reliability, stability, and operational readiness; Investigate and resolve system-level issues spanning software, hardware, and networking; Define and implement observability strategies; Develop tools to analyze system performance and identify bottlenecks;
• Work closely with our research team to apply modern robotics research, such as motion planning, perception, and manipulation, to real-world robotic systems; Evaluate new technologies and approaches through prototyping, benchmarking, and validation; Identify risks and trade-offs when integrating new capabilities into existing platforms.
• Experience integrating complex robotic systems across multiple subsystems; Strong understanding of software-hardware interfaces and real-world system constraints; Familiarity with robot kinematics, motion planning, or control systems; Understanding of distributed systems, networking, and inter-process communication.
• Experience building and maintaining deployment workflows and pipelines; Familiarity with containerization and environment management; Experience with CI/CD tools and reproducible build systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to debug issues across a complex system; Experience diagnosing issues across software, hardware, and networking boundaries; Familiarity with profiling, tracing, and performance analysis tools; Experience building tools or systems for automated diagnostics and monitoring.

The Essentials: You will Have:

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Years of Relevant Work Experience
• Legal authorization to work in Canada is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Typically requires 5+ years of related experience.
• Strong programming skills in C++ and Python, with experience in Linux-based systems; Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including testing, versioning, and code quality; Familiarity with concurrency, performance optimization, and memory management.
• Experience with ROS and ROS 2 ecosystems.
• 3+ years of experience with mobile manipulators and autonomous mobile robots
• Familiarity with digital twin or simulation-driven development workflows
• 3+ years of experience with Intel, NVIDIA and ARM platforms
• 3+ years of experience with real-time systems

What We Offer:

• Health Insurance including Medical and Dental
• Health Care Spending Account (HCSA – dependent on the plan chosen)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Retirement plans
• Paid Time off
• Volunteering Time off
• Employer Savings Plan Matching (includes RRSP, TFSA, and EPSP)
• Employer Paid DC Pension
• Maternity and Parental Leave Top-Up
• Fitness Reimbursement Program
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.

This posting is for a newly created position within our organization.

For this role, the total target compensation is from $ 100,000.00 - $ 150,000.00 CAD Annual. Actual pay will be based on factors such as skills, knowledge, education, and experience.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans. 

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Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.