Software Engineer - Systems

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Overview

Radical AI, Inc. is an artificial intelligence company that is accelerating scientific research & development. We are at the forefront of innovation in the field of materials R&D, a critical driver for advancing our most cutting-edge industries and shaping the future.

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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.

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.

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.

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

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