Robotics Hardware Integration Engineer

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🕒 March 19

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Slip Robotics

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11 - 50 employees

🚗 Transport

☁️ SaaS

💰 $10.6M Venture Round on 2023-05

Transport • Logistics • SaaS

Slip Robotics is a company focused on transforming the logistics industry with its innovative robots-as-a-service technology. Their flagship product, SlipBots, are designed to eliminate bottlenecks in loading docks by drastically improving speed, safety, and efficiency in the freight loading process. SlipBots enable truck loading and unloading in just 5 minutes without the need for forklift operators to enter trailers, thereby increasing throughput and expanding the labor pool. The service offers a subscription model that includes comprehensive support and live data insights without requiring Wi-Fi or IT integration, making it a seamless solution for last-mile freight logistics. Slip Robotics aims to revolutionize supply chain operations by optimizing short-haul, high-frequency logistics across various industries.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain drivers for sensors (LiDAR, cameras, IMUs, encoders) and actuators (motor controllers, hydraulics, pneumatics) on Linux-based robot platforms • Own the communication layer between onboard compute and hardware subsystems (CAN bus, EtherCAT, serial, I2C/SPI) • Design and implement hardware abstraction layers that give upstream software teams clean, reliable interfaces • Integrate new sensors and hardware components as the robot platform evolves, including requirements definition, component selection, bring-up, calibration, and validation • Monitor and manage robot system health: power, thermals, hardware diagnostics, and fault handling • Build and maintain AWS IoT Greengrass components for fleet-level device management, OTA updates, and cloud telemetry • Collaborate with mechanical and electrical engineers on hardware design reviews to ensure manufacturability and software compatibility • Manage Linux configurations and setup for robotics software host machines • Develop and maintain CI/CD processes for hardware-interfacing software, including hardware-in-the-loop testing where appropriate • Support field-deployed robots by diagnosing and resolving hardware-software integration issues

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in hardware-software integration for robotic systems at a robotics, autonomous vehicle, or industrial automation company • Strong proficiency in C++ and Python on Linux platforms • Hands-on experience writing and maintaining device drivers and sensor interfaces for real robot hardware • Working knowledge of communication protocols: CAN, EtherCAT, serial (RS-232/485), I2C, SPI • Experience with ROS or ROS 2 for hardware interface nodes and system integration • Familiarity with AWS IoT Core, Greengrass, or similar edge-cloud platforms for fleet device management • Ability to read schematics and datasheets and collaborate effectively with electrical engineers • Experience debugging hardware issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers • Strong communication skills and ability to work across software, electrical, and mechanical teams

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity in an early-stage robotics company • Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision • Permissive time off policy • A small team where your work has direct, visible impact on shipped products • The chance to work on robots that are operating in production today—not a research project