Robotics Integration Engineer

CX2 is a next-generation defense technology company founded to deliver spectrum dominance for the United States and our allies. CX2’s AI-enabled hardware and software platforms detect, disrupt and defend the electromagnetic spectrum across land, air, sea and space domains.

CX2 is seeking a highly skilled Robotics Integration Engineer to join our growing team.

This role requires an onsite presence in our El Segundo, CA HQ; a remote work environment is not considered for this opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

• Integrate sensors, onboard compute, and distributed robotics subsystems across perception, control, logging, and ML workflows
• Design and maintain reliable data pipelines, middleware interfaces, and communication frameworks for distributed robotic systems operating over high-latency or constrained networks.
• Optimise system performance across CPU, GPU, memory, storage, and network resources
• Build robust networking solutions for unreliable, bandwidth-constrained, or multi-robot environments
• Deploy and maintain software on embedded and edge platforms using reproducible environments, containerisation, and CI/CD workflows
• Implement observability, testing, and validation tools to support debugging, field testing, and operational reliability
• Ensure systems degrade gracefully under high load, intermittent connectivity, or partial failure conditions

Required Qualifications

• Core

  • Strong programming skills in C++ and/or Python
  • Experience with containerization and DevOps practices for robotics (e.g., Docker, CI/CD)
  • Experience with Linux systems programming
  • Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including transport protocols, latency, throughput, and reliability trade-offs.

#### Robotics / Systems

• Experience with robotics middleware and communication frameworks, such as ROS/ROS2, DDS-based systems, or modern pub/sub alternatives.
• Experience integrating and working with real hardware systems (beyond simulation)
• Familiarity with embedded platforms (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson, FPGA, RTOS)

#### Performance Engineering

• Strong understanding of concurrency, memory management, performance-critical system design
• Experience profiling and optimizing systems (e.g., perf, Valgrind, tracing tools)

Bonus Points

• Hands-on experience with multicopter drones and their autopilot systems (e.g., PX4, ArduPilot)
• Experience with simulations stacks such as Isaac Sim or Gazebo
• High-throughput data (video, radar, RF/IQ streams)
• Zero-copy and shared memory techniques
• GPU pipelines (CUDA, TensorRT)
• Edge-to-cloud architectures
• Knowledge of time synchronization (PTP, NTP, clock drift handling) and distributed systems design patterns
• Exposure to: SLAM / perception pipelines and ML inference systems in production

ITAR Regulations

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a US Citizen, Green Card holder, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary, stock options and benefits, including health, vision and dental.
• 401K enrollment at 90 days.
• Generous PTO + most Federal Holidays observed.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Access to the latest tools and technologies.
• High levels of responsibility and autonomy.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• Access to the hardest problems in electronic warfare.

$150,000 - $160,000 a year

Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.

CX2 is a next-generation defense technology company securing spectrum dominance for the United States and its allies. We build AI-enabled hardware and software platforms to detect, disrupt, and defend the electromagnetic spectrum across land, air, sea, and space. Our systems are deployed in the most contested operational environments in the world. We’re backed by leading venture investors in the defense ecosystem and led by founders with track records at Meta, SpaceX, Epirus, and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CX2 is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in compliance with the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

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