Robot Platform Software Engineer, Wireless Networking

About this role

Apptronik seeks a Wireless Networking Engineer to design and implement reliable wireless connectivity for Apollo, a humanoid robot. You'll own network architecture, technology evaluation, and real-time performance optimization for teleoperation and fleet operations across manufacturing and logistics environments.

What you'll do

• Define network requirements including latency budgets, bandwidth minimums, and security standards for robot traffic classes
• Evaluate and recommend wireless technologies (WiFi 6/6E, private 5G, LTE) aligned with robot operational needs
• Engineer wireless links supporting ~100 Hz control and telemetry with bounded latency using QoS mechanisms
• Optimize bandwidth through video encoding and telemetry decimation to fit WiFi channel constraints
• Configure and harden robot's wireless stack on embedded Linux including roaming, addressing, and reconnection logic
• Design network health diagnostics, link-loss detection, and safe-state transitions for wireless safety

What they're looking for

• C++ programming in Linux environments for real-time systems
• TCP/IP, UDP, and QoS mechanisms with latency/jitter analysis
• 802.11 internals (WiFi 6/6E) and RF propagation fundamentals
• Linux wireless stack (nl80211, wpa_supplicant, network drivers)
• Network security (WPA3-Enterprise, 802.1X/EAP, PKI)
• ROS2/DDS and containerization (Docker)
• Video codec optimization (H.264/H.265/AV1) and GStreamer tuning (preferred)
• RF lab measurement and multi-robot fleet networking (preferred)