Python Robotics Engineer Job at Quadrant IQ Solutions LLC, Los Altos, CA

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  • Quadrant IQ Solutions LLC
  • Los Altos, CA

Job Description

Role: Python Robotics Engineer

Location: Los Altos, California (onsite)

Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $/ Year

Customer: Toyota Research Institute

Total Positions to Fill: 7 Open Positions

Experience: 8+ years (minimum 5+ years in robotics-focused Python development)

Skill Category

Mandatory Expertise

Python Internals & Real-Time

Mastery of CPython internals: GC zones, GIL modeling, bytecode tracing

Real-time task schedulers in Python (custom-built)

Cython/PyO3 for performance bridging

Python controlling physical robots with <1ms jitter

Robotics Systems Engineering

Designed/controlled ≥2 real robots (drones, manipulators, etc.)

Sensor fusion pipelines: IMU + LiDAR + vision

Implemented PID/LQR/MPC control in production Python code

Kinematics/dynamics from scratch (no MoveIt)

Embedded & Low-Level Integration

Interfaced Python with SPI, I2C, CAN directly

Wrote/modified firmware for ARM or RISC-V

Python <-> RTOS coordination (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr)

ROS2 with DDS tuning & custom Python nodes

Safety-Critical Control Systems

Built systems compliant with ISO 26262 / DO-178C / IEC 61508

Failover logic and watchdog timers in deployed robots

Verified safety transitions via SMV, TLA+, or similar

Software fault injection & response metrics

Simulation & Autonomy Frameworks

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Extended simulators (Isaac, Mujoco, PyBullet) with real-world parity

Created motion planning/pathfinding in pure Python

Created HALs and middleware for dynamic robot topologies

Digital twins with <5ms sync loop

Disqualifiers

Python use limited to scripting/web/data science

No real hardware deployment

Only simulation experience

No sub-1ms loop control experience

No firmware or low-level integration

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time,

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