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Technical Lead Manager
ThirdwaveautomationAutonomous Forklifts company
Union City, United States$135,000 - $235,000/yrManager
Innovation Endeavors
Norwest Venture Partners
Qualcomm Ventures
True Ventures
Woven Capital
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Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead and manage robotics software development for forklift automation.
- •TWA is looking for experienced software (robotics) development engineers to join our team and work on the automation stack for our forklifts.
- •As TWA expands with successful customer deployments, we are adding people that can help drive successful outcomes by improving and enhancing our automation software.
- •Key Responsibilities Technical Lead for Critical Features: From initial concept to full-scale deployment, you'll own the design and implementation of core automation enhancements.
- •Solve Uncharted Problems: Leverage your deep expertise in classical robotics, planning, SLAM, and statistical data fusion to tackle the next generation of challenges in infrastructure-free navigation.
- •Drive Product Maturity and Scalability: As a core contributor, you will enhance vehicle and fleet performance by creating quantifiable improvements.
- •Influence Our Strategic Direction: As a key member of a small, empowered team, you will not just execute on a roadmap; you will help build it.
- •Build in an AI first environment: Leverage your experience with AI-assisted tools (e.g.
- •Cursor, Copilot, LLMs) to accelerate the SDLC, from rapid prototyping to automated test generation.
- •Lead from the Front: Beyond your individual contributions, you will provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and contribute original, high-impact ideas that elevate our entire engineering organization.
- •Requirements 7+ years of hands-on, industry, robotics experience with end-to-end software development on products that have shipped.
- •Bachelors Degree in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline; Masters and/or PhD preferred.
- •Excellent OOP skills in C++.
- •Excellent software design and development skills, with the ability to write efficient, clean, and reusable code (C++ and Python).
- •Track record of bringing important features from ideation to deployment.
- •Fluency with AI-assisted development (e.g., Cursor, Copilot, LLMs) to augment your personal competency in creating, testing and deploying solutions.
- •A foundation in computational geometry, sensor processing (LiDAR, Vision), and gracefully handling real-world noise and uncertainty.
- •Experience with motion planning algorithms, vehicle dynamics, and/or control systems and the ability to work features and resolve issues across these disciplines is desirable.
- •Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas to engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
Required skills
C++PythonEngineering ManagementTechnical Leadership
Nice-to-have skills
LLMsDockerKubernetesCI/CD
Domain expertise
logistics
Benefits & perks
Comprehensive benefits, Flexible working schedule, Show & Tell, Meals covered, Stacks of snacks, Great teammates
Tech stack
C++PythonLLMsDockerKubernetesCI/CD
