Founding Software Engineer, Robotics (Rust, Robotics)

About O-ID

O-ID is a robotics startup in Tokyo. We build modular, field-serviceable dual-arm robots for factory automation, and we are working with several major Japanese Tier-1 automotive manufacturers toward first pilot deployments.

What You'll Do

The robot is delivered by a team of about five engineers. These are foundational roles.

• You own a domain outright, everyone designs, builds, tests, and deploys, and as the company scales you build and lead the team for your area.
• This role owns the robot's software:
• The real-time runtime, written in Rust, talking to actuator drives over EtherCAT
• Navigation and docking on factory floors
• The interfaces our AI & manipulation engineer and teleoperation partner build on. Control loops, data transport, APIs
• Updates, telemetry, and logging solid enough to run unattended at a customer site
• Deployment tooling and on-site bring-up: when a robot goes into a customer factory, you are there, and what you learn goes back into the stack

Who You Are

• You have shipped both hard real-time software and autonomy or navigation software
• You have supported robots or similar systems in the field, and your software shows it
• Strong Rust, or strong modern C++ and willingness to switch
• Fieldbus experience, ideally EtherCAT
• A rapid-prototyping temperament with production judgment: quick to a working system, honest about what needs to be rebuilt before it scales

Compensation

Salary plus meaningful equity. Full-time, on-site in Tokyo. We hire from anywhere in Japan, provided relocation is an option. Working language is English, bilingual Japanese speakers welcome.

How to Apply

To apply, send something you built and owned end to end: a repo, a video, a write-up.