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Robotics Software Lead - Construction at HITT Contracting | LAYIQ

Technical Leadership
Own the architecture and technical direction of the robotics software stack, including system interfaces, design standards, and technical review practices.
Own the software infrastructure that supports development, simulation, automated testing, continuous integration and delivery, deployment, observability, data collection, and fleet support.
Guide technical decisions across autonomy, perception , manipulation, operator interfaces, embedded compute , networking, simulation, and cloud-connected services.
Lead efforts to integrate and extend third-party technologies via APIs, SDKs, middleware, and other software interfaces.
Ensure software designs account for safety, cybersecurity, maintainability, degraded operating modes, and the environmental constraints of active construction sites.
Establish standards for AI-assisted and agentic software development, including human review, automated testing, evaluation, and appropriate technical guardrails.
Remain a hands-on technical contributor including architecture reviews, code reviews, prototyping, system integration, and diagnosis of difficult cross-stack issues.
Travel to active construction sites and participate directly in testing, deployment, and operational support.
Team Leadership and Delivery
Lead, manage, and mentor a team of software engineers, setting clear expectations and supporting their technical and professional development.
Coordinate day-to-day R&D work by translating priorities into actionable plans, assigning ownership, tracking dependencies, and resolving blockers.
Establish engineering plans, milestones, release criteria, and quality expectations for multiple concurrent robotics initiatives.
Use product management practices to translate user needs, field observations, and business priorities into requirements, backlogs, experiments, and release plans.
Promote disciplined software engineering practices, including documentation, version control, automated testing, CI/CD, configuration management, and reproducible development environments.
Support team growth through thoughtful staffing, onboarding, feedback, and knowledge sharing.
Partnerships and Cross - Functional Coordination
Lead the technical delivery of co-development initiatives with technology partners and vendors, including defining scope, interfaces, milestones, risks, acceptance criteria, and ownership.
Evaluate third-party technologies and recommend when HITT should build, buy, adapt, or partner based on technical fit, lifecycle cost, schedule, risk, and supportability.
Coordinate software priorities and integration work with hardware engineering, field testing, project teams, operations, information technology, cybersecurity, and other departments.
Research and Development Roadmap
Support the development and execution of the R&D technical roadmap by identifying software capabilities, dependencies, resource needs, technical risks, and validation plans.
Plan and oversee structured testing in the lab and on active construction project s, then use test results and operational feedback to prioritize engineering work and guide product decisions.
Support deployed systems through remote and on-site troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and improvements to monitoring and support processes.
Document architectures , interfaces, test results, deployment procedures, and lessons learned so solutions can be supported and scaled.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in robotics, computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or related field, advanced degree preferred.
5 + years of experience in robotics software deve lopment, including demonstrated experience leading software engineering teams that developed and deployed complex field robotics applications in real-world environments.
Experience applying product management practices to define requirements, prioritize roadmaps and backlogs, plan releases, and incorporate end-user feedback.
Proficiency in C++, Python, and Linux-based robotics development and system-level troubleshooting.
Experience applying modern software-engineering practices, including version control (e.g., Git), automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (e.g., Do cker).
Experience working with APIs/SDKs, open-source software packages, and technical standards to bring together disparate technology components into a reliable solution.
Fluency with AI-assisted and agentic software development (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor).
Experience leading external partners or vendors through co-development, integration, technical project management, and acceptance testing.
Ability to communicate complex technical topics, decisions, risks, and plans clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.

Robotics Software Lead - Construction

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