Robot Systems Software (Manager) - Kitchener, ON

Avidbots is a leading-edge robotics company with the vision to bring robotic solutions into everyday life to increase organizational productivity and to do that better than any other company in the world. Our ground-breaking product, the Neo 2 autonomous floor scrubbing robot, is deployed around the world and trusted by leading facilities and building service companies. Because of our continued successes, we are in major growth mode to add to our award-winning employee culture. Headquartered in Kitchener, ON, Canada, Avidbots offers comprehensive service and support to customers in 5 continents.

About this Role:

We are currently looking for a leader to join our Robot System Software team. This team is critical to the success of products and is currently responsible for: platform creation for autonomy software, safety monitoring software, system diagnostic software, IoT client software and Infrastructure and DevOps services. As the leader of this team, we will look to you to provide leadership and expertise in the development of this leading edge robotic software. This is an unique opportunity to join one of the fastest growing robotics company in the region.

How you will make a difference:

• Manage, build and maintain the teams to create, maintain, and improve our robot software
• Facilitate and enable highly technical team and team leaders to bring new innovation to the market
• Work closely with the product management and architecture team to create and deliver innovative, and user-friendly, and useful product features
• Provide platform for autonomy software through development of APIs
• Lead development of the safety standards for our robots in software
• Lead development and maintenance of the development environment and processes

Key Skills and Experience:

• B.Sc. or graduate degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years of experience working in software engineering with 5+ years of experience in managing development teams
• Experience leading software engineering teams larger than 20 developers
• Experience in recruiting and building a strong development team
• Development experience in modern C++, ROS and Python
• Proven experience leading large and small software development projects
• Proven experience with modern development process based on agile methodology
• Proficient in communicating architecture, presenting and sharing software solutions to complex robotic challenges
• Driven individual, passionate, self-starter
• Medium skill level in a Linux-based OS with command-line

Nice to Have:

• Managed off-shore engineering team
• Qt QML, Electron experience
• Experience with Functional Safety concepts
• Experience with maintaining robotics simulation (Gazebo, Flatland)

Avidbots is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse workforce. As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. We offer a professional working environment and culture and believe that work / life balance is critical to ensure the happiness/well-being of our people.

Upon request, Avidbots will provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process.