Software Engineer, Robotics Infrastructure

At Google DeepMind, we value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know. Snapshot Our Robotics Infrastructure Team at Google DeepMind is focused on accelerating robotics research by scaling our systems and working with researchers to streamline the processes used to answer robotics research questions. About Us Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind, we’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority. The Role We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join the team. The Robotics Infrastructure team consists primarily of software engineers, including experienced engineers who mentor new team members. We develop systems to enable multiple teams of researchers to use a fleet of robots, and work to simplify the workflow of those researchers. Key responsibilities: - Participating in the design and implementation of new components. - Working closely with AI researchers to build solutions, discover possible improvements and propose ways to achieve them. - Root cause analysis of faults that may occur. - Unit testing, refactoring, peer reviewing code. About You In order to set you up for success as a Software Engineer at Google DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience: - Collaborative developer; very little of our work is done in isolation - it typically involves multiple stakeholders and systems. Being able to work effectively with other people is important. - Strong software engineering skills, including fluency in Python or C++. - Solid understanding of algorithm design and a creative approach to problem solving. - Software engineer interpersonal skills (discuss technical ideas effectively with colleagues, e.g. through whiteboard, design docs, presentations, etc.). - Passionate about robotics. Robotics specific experience is not required. We do not require experience with ROS, but this is something you will likely learn about. We do not require knowledge in control theory or real-time systems. Deadline: 2nd October 2023.