Distributed Systems Software Engineer

Job description

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Senior Distributed Systems Engineer to take a pivotal role in scaling Stretch’s Simulation Infrastructure. This is a high-impact opportunity to design and build the next-generation simulation platform for Stretch, in collaboration with other AI, robotics, and systems engineers. You will be joining the project at a critical moment as we prepare to deploy thousands of Stretch robots. As a senior engineer, you will be expected to drive technical strategy, lead complex, cross-functional projects, and mentor junior engineers. Responsibilities: - Simulation Strategy & Architecture: Define, architect, and implement the high-fidelity, scalable, and modular simulation infrastructure used across all team projects. - Tooling and Workflow: Design and build world-class tools and workflows to streamline the creation, execution, and analysis of simulation tests for both classical and learning-based control, perception, and planning algorithms. - Test and QA Automation: Integrate simulation seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing, regression detection, and synthetic data generation. - Validation and Fidelity: Establish metrics...