Senior Systems Engineer - Core
San Carlos, CA$200k - $300kFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Senior Systems Engineer focused on real-time C++ infrastructure for NEO’s core robotics stack, including sensor pipelines, motor control interfaces, IPC, and foundational libraries to enable scalable, safe home robots.
Responsibilities
- Own the foundational C++ infrastructure that NEO’s brain and nervous system depend on ensuring it is fast, deterministic, and reliable as we scale from prototypes to thousands of robots in homes and warehouses.
- This is critical-path work: the latency, correctness, and maintainability of sensor pipelines, motor control loops, and IPC layers directly determines what the perception, planning, and controls teams can ship.
- Every clean interface introduced, every regression caught, and every millisecond saved here multiplies across every robot we deploy.
Qualifications
- 5+ years shipping production C++ in performance-critical systems: robotics, autonomous vehicles, HFT, game engines, OS/runtime, compilers, or HPC
- Demonstrated ability to profile, benchmark, and debug at the systems level: flamegraphs, perf counters, assembly inspection, and Linux kernel interfaces
- Proven track record of writing systems code other engineers build on clean interfaces, minimal dependencies, deterministic behavior under load
Skills
Required:Real-time C++Linux and systems debuggingInterface design
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- 401(k) plan with company match (100% on the first 3% of contributions, 50% on the next 2%)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
- Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
- Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches
Last updated Oct 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About 1X Technologies
1X | Home Robots
We're an AI and robotics company based in Palo Alto, California. We create safe humanoid robots that do your chores and offer personalized assistance.
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