Senior DevOps Engineer - Robotics Infrastructure

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team at RoboForce, an AI robotics company dedicated to developing Physical AI-powered Robo-Labor for dull, dirty, and dangerous work. This Senior DevOps Engineer remote position will focus on architecting the next evolution of our robotics infrastructure. As we scale our engineering team and robot fleet, you will design and implement a robust, fully containerized development and release ecosystem that compiles complex AI models, packages them securely, and deploys them reliably to fleets operating in dynamic environments. You won’t just be maintaining servers—you will be building the nervous system of our robot operations.

What You'll Do

• Design and maintain high-performance container environments for robots, ensuring parity across development, simulation, and production deployments.
• Architect sophisticated CI/CD pipelines that go beyond standard linting, integrating automated build tests, simulation-based regression testing, and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) validation.
• Define and own the software release lifecycle, building automated systems to package, version, and deploy secure over-the-air (OTA) updates to robot fleets in the field.
• Partner closely with C++ engineers to optimize build times (CMake/Colcon), manage dependencies, and deliver a reliable “one-command” developer setup.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to provide real-time visibility into system health, resource usage, and application performance across deployed robots.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps, SRE, or build/release engineering.
• Deep mastery of Docker, including multi-stage builds, layer caching strategies, and secure access to hardware resources (GPU, USB, sensors).
• Proven experience designing complex CI/CD systems from scratch, with strong understanding of caching, parallelization, and artifact management for compiled codebases.
• Strong command of Linux systems, including kernel concepts, systems, networking, device drivers, and debugging system-level issues inside containers.
• Familiarity with compiling large-scale C++ projects using CMake or Bazel, with a focus on reliability and developer productivity.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with modern robotics software stacks.
• Experience running headless simulators (Gazebo, MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, Unity) inside CI environments.
• Hands-on experience with NVIDIA Jetson or other embedded GPU systems.

What We Offer

• Competitive stock options/equity programs.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Visa sponsorship and green card support for qualified candidates.
• Lunches and dinners, a fully stocked kitchen, and regular team-building events.