Software Engineer - Pittsburgh, PA
Company: Msccn
Location: Pittsburgh
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
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skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the
submit button and follow for next steps. Carnegie Robotics designs
and manufactures advanced robotics systems and components for
defense, agricultural, mining, industrial, and off-road autonomy
applications. Our ruggedized solutions can meet the challenges of
any industry, providing effective and efficient answers for even
the toughest problems. Who We’re Looking For We are a dynamic team
committed to making the impossible possible. Our staff comes from
diverse backgrounds and experience levels, fueling our ethos of
collective growth and passion towards our work. We warmly welcome
individuals of similar mindset to join our ranks. What You’ll Be
Doing As a Software Engineer, you will be collaborating with an
interdisciplinary team focusing on developing reliable robotic and
automation systems for a wide range of real-world commercial
products and R&D applications. This can take the form of
developing onboard software for a custom camera system, building
custom loggers to saturate the write speed of a NVME drive,
architecting high-performance middleware infrastructure, or
building custom release images optimized for OTA updates. What Your
Day to Day Is Making significant contributions by developing
high-performance software infrastructure including message
serialization, IPC, process management, and logging Catching and
debugging the failure cases using debuggers like GDB, pdb, and
valgrind Optimizing software using profiling tools like perf and
Callgrind, and writing custom CUDA kernels to squeeze every bit of
performance out of the GPU Leveraging the knowledge of multiple
computer languages (C, C++, Python, Rust, Go, etc.) to solve the
problem at hand Applying a solid background in 3D geometry,
computer vision, and robot kinematics—you should be comfortable
navigating transformation matrices and kinematic chains Handling
geospatial data, georeferencing, and coordinate systems to ensure
our systems know exactly where they are in the world Getting
hands-on with point cloud data to help our robots perceive their
environment in 3D Being a team player by providing constructive
feedback on GitHub pull requests and being open to feedback on your
own contributions Contributing to, and potentially maintaining,
open-source projects Coordinating and collaborating with other
internal departments when necessary such as test technicians,
manufacturing, and production What You’ll Have Demonstrated track
record of strong personal accountability and initiative; excels in
autonomous, low-supervision environments A deep understanding of
C++ and Python, with specific experience using PyTorch and libtorch
for modern robotics applications A track record of real-world
deployment of autonomous systems—you’ve seen what happens when code
hits the dirt A builder/maker mentality that has excelled in a
technical discipline and is now looking to tackle the challenges of
product development in the nascent world of robotics Written and
presentation skills required to communicate to external customers
and internally to teammates How You’ll Stand Out A Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering Experience in
defense-related government contracting What You'll Get Out Of It
UPMC health coverage with FSA or HSA options Comprehensive dental,
vision, and life insurance Fidelity 401(k) plan with employer match
Free catered lunch every day with a vegan option 31 Days of PTO
(including holidays) Comp time for company travel Carnegie Robotics
is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes applications from
all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age,
disability, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in
accordance with applicable laws and Carnegie Robotics’ employment
policies.
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