# Robotics Software Engineer at Physical Intelligence

- Company: Physical Intelligence
- What the company does: Backed by General Catalyst, Khosla and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.physicalintelligence.company/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-01-06
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/physicalintelligence/f6bee7a7-57ae-4ec1-9276-ae3bcbdc7327
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/physical-intelligence-robotics-software-engineer/

## About the role

-Own Real-Time Pipelines: Engineer low-latency, high-reliability sensor and actuator pipelines across Linux, drivers, and middleware. -Optimize System Performance: Profile and optimize across compute, I/O, memory, scheduling, networking, and storage to meet real-time constraints and increase throughput.

## What they're looking for

- -Experience with VR/AR platforms or low-latency 3D engines
- -Camera system expertise (synchronization, capture pipelines, codecs, GPU offload)
- -Streaming/video conferencing stack experience (WebRTC, real-time transport optimizations)
- -Background in robotics, autonomous systems, SLAM pipelines, or perception systems (implementation, not research)
- -Expertise in kernel-level engineering, device drivers, or high-performance networking
- -Familiarity with distributed systems that process real-time data flows

Tags: Software Engineering