Software Engineer Manufacturing Systems
Figure is an AI robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots and its Helix vision-language-action AI system.
Funding history
About Figure
Figure develops and deploys general-purpose humanoid robots for commercial and household tasks. Its current Figure 03 robot is powered by Helix, an onboard generalist vision-language-action model; the company also operates the Index data-collection service.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build, troubleshoot, and maintain digital manufacturing software across MES, WMS, PLM, and QMS. You will work on the manufacturing floor to understand user needs, improve workflows and interfaces, increase test coverage, and deliver insights for manufacturing and warehouse operations.
Requirements
- 4+ years of industry experience
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, and Linux systems
- Systems design experience
- Experience scaling PostgreSQL
- Experience deploying and maintaining highly available, reliable, fault-tolerant Kubernetes applications
- Knowledge of software engineering best practices, Git, TDD, Pytest, Vitest, and Playwright
- Ability to work cross-functionally with developers, manufacturing, infrastructure, and product teams
Responsibilities
- Implement improvements to manufacturing software
- Gather user stories and respond to manufacturing-floor pain points
- Increase test coverage to catch downstream issues
- Develop user-friendly interfaces and workflows for manufacturing and warehouse operations
- Provide key operational insights