Job Description

About Complete Robot

We are an early-stage, venture-backed company currently operating out of San Francisco, building AI-enabled systems for automated physical environments.

The company works at the intersection of AI agents, connected devices, user experience, machine data, and real-world commercial operations. Complete Robot Inc. was founded by Tomasz Stańczak, founder of Nethermind and former Co-Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation.

To learn more about the company, vision, and the technology we're building, visit the Complete Robot website.

About the role:

We are looking for an Embedded / Edge Engineer to build the machine-side software layer for connected physical systems.

This role is for someone who enjoys working close to hardware, real devices, unreliable networks, logs, diagnostics, edge compute, and field conditions.

For candidates who can start immediately, there may be an opportunity to join the founding team in San Francisco, stay with the team, and build together from a prestigious San Francisco accelerator environment. This is subject to availability, travel and visa requirements, role fit, and mutual agreement.

Responsibilities:

• Build edge software for connected machines and automated retail or industrial environments.

• Integrate edge devices with sensors, screens, peripherals, connectivity modules, and backend systems.

• Implement local state management, diagnostics, logging, and fallback behavior.

• Support reliable device-to-cloud communication.

• Work with backend, AI, product, and field teams to connect real machines to the platform.

• Help select edge hardware, operating systems, device-management patterns, and deployment tooling.

• Support prototypes, demos, and early field pilots.

• Debug real devices in real operating conditions.

Requirements:

• Experience with embedded, edge, industrial IoT, robotics, kiosk, POS, vending, or hardware-connected systems.

• Strong programming ability in C, C++, Rust, Go, Python, or similar.

• Experience with Linux-based edge devices.

• Experience with hardware interfaces, networking, sensors, USB, serial communication, GPIO, or related technologies.

• Ability to debug real-world device issues.

• Understanding of device identity, logging, updates, connectivity, and remote support.

• English fluency required.

Must Haves:

• Experience with payment terminals, kiosks, vending machines, industrial devices, retail automation, or connected hardware fleets.

• Experience with OTA updates, secure provisioning, device management, or fleet monitoring.

• Experience with embedded Linux, industrial PCs, Raspberry Pi, NVIDIA Jetson, microcontrollers, or similar platforms.

• Experience with local AI inference, cameras, audio, or sensor processing.

Success in the first 90 days:

• You help bring the first edge prototype to a stable working state.

• You connect real devices to the backend.

• You implement basic telemetry, diagnostics, and local fallback behavior.

• You help define the device-side engineering playbook.

Success in the first 6-12 months:

• The company has a reliable edge software layer running in pilot environments.

• Devices can report status, receive updates, expose data, and fail safely.

• You become a key technical owner of the edge platform.