Senior Software Engineer, Robotics and Automation

Senior Software Engineer, Robotics and Automation Location: Austin, TX Team: Automation, Data, and Controls (ADC) About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and deploy robotics and automation software that powers manufacturing and test operations. You will work at the intersection of software engineering and industrial robotics, developing orchestration services, control integrations, and tooling that keeps complex automated systems running reliably. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who is equally comfortable writing production Python and JavaScript and getting robots to move exactly where and when they should.

Responsibilities

• Support deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting of automation services in production environments

• Build and maintain integrations between robot controllers, simulation environments, and higher-level control systems

• Develop and optimize offline programming and simulation workflows using RoboDK

• Collaborate with controls engineers, technicians, and other software engineers to integrate robotics into larger manufacturing and test systems

• Diagnose and resolve motion, timing, and control faults across automated cells

• Design and develop robotics orchestration and automation software in Python and JavaScript

• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and contribute to architecture and design decisions Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

• Significant professional experience building software for robotics or industrial automation

• Strong proficiency in Python and JavaScript

• Hands-on experience with RoboDK for simulation, offline programming, or robot control

• Demonstrated experience developing automations and integrating software with physical hardware

• Solid understanding of robot kinematics, motion control, and coordinate frames

• Strong debugging skills across software and hardware boundaries

  Preferred Qualifications

• Experience automating Fanuc robots (offline programming, controller integration, DCS configuration)

• Experience automating Kuka robots

• Familiarity with containerized microservices and message-based architectures

• Experience with real-time telemetry, command pipelines, or SCADA-adjacent systems

• Experience with gantry systems and multi-axis motion platforms

• Background in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or other regulated environments

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

X-Bow Launch Systems, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with X-Bow Launch Systems, Inc. is based on merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.