Radical AI is replacing an R&D process that currently takes 10+ years and $100 million to produce a single discovery. Our self-driving lab platform combines AI with autonomous robotics to run experiments, analyze results, and iterate—continuously, without human bottlenecks. For industries like aerospace, automotive, defense, energy, manufacturing, semiconductors, and space, that means breakthroughs in weeks instead of years.

The opportunity

As a Software Engineer (Systems) with the Robotics and Automation group at Radical AI, you will work across the software stack. Your work will encompass interfaces to low-level instruments, high-level scheduling and orchestration suites, and system introspection such as telemetry and dashboarding.

Your experience and vision will shape both the physical and systematic implementation of lab automation. You will collaborate closely with Mechatronics, Roboticists, Mechanical Engineering and Material Scientists to meet rigorous and sometimes dynamic design requirements at a profound deployment speed.

Mission

Design, implement, and maintain hardware drivers for laboratory instruments, sensors, and peripheral actuators used in automated workcells
Develop robust, well-defined APIs that expose device and subsystem functionality to higher-level automation software
Integrate low-level drivers into service-oriented architectures, enabling reliable orchestration as workcells mature and scale
Write unit tests, e2e simulation-based tests, and hardware cycle-testing scripts, including unit tests, integration tests, and scenario or replay-based validation
Support incremental rollout of new hardware and services as automated workcells come online
Create and maintain observability dashboards (e.g., Grafana) to monitor lab health, latency, error rates, and system utilization
Contribute to technical direction, architecture decisions, and best practices across the robotics, perception, and automation software stack
Bring an attitude of collaboration and openmindedness, to facilitate fearless and creative problem solving that empowers our team to ship world-class technology at an unprecedented speed.

About you

Four+ years of professional software engineering experience
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
Strong proficiency in a scripting language like Python as well as systems languages like C++/Go, with experience writing production-quality, hardware-facing software
Strong CS fundamentals - concurrency, multi-threading & multi-processing
Experience integrating hardware systems including robots, sensors, vision systems, and industrial equipment
Ability to work independently in a hands-on, development-oriented environment.
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering and scientific disciplines.

Pluses

Experience working with industrial or laboratory instrumentation
Experience with ROS/ROS2 or robotics middleware
Comfort with a wide variety of industrial protocols - OPC-UA, ModBUS, TCP /IP
Prior experience deploying software to production robotics or automation environments
Prior startup experience or ownership of systems from early prototype through production

What we offer

A competitive compensation package also includes the best in benefits.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
Mental health and wellness support
14+ company holidays per year
401K
Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research.
A mission: an opportunity to fundamentally change the way humanity makes progress through materials science discovery.

What We Offer

A competitive compensation package also includes the best in benefits:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, covered at 100%
Mental health and wellness support
Unlimited PTO and 14+ company holidays per year
Company-wide end-of-year shutdown, including two weeks of paid time off
401K
Equity

Disclosure

Radical AI is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, disability, or veteran status.

200000 - 250000 USD a year

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