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Interview kit · iv-705

Onsite loop: Aisha Rahman

Senior Robotics Software Engineer · Autonomy

Date
Thu, Oct 15
Time (ET)
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Length
4 h
Where
Pittsburgh HQ
Status
Completed

9:30 AM – 1:30 PM · 4 h

Timing

  1. 9:30 AM55 minSystem designDev Malhotra
  2. 10:25 AM55 minCode review exerciseMei Chen
  3. 11:20 AM15 minBreak
  4. 11:35 AM55 minField-log deep diveKenji Watanabe
  5. 12:30 PM1 hValues conversationHannah Becker

Interview kit

Questions by competency

Rated 1–4 on the scorecard

Onsite loop: exercises

  • System design: right-of-way between 40 robots and human pickers.
  • Code review of a real (sanitized) planner change.
  • Field-log deep dive with the Autonomy team.
  • Values conversation with the VP of Engineering.
  1. 01

    Robotics software design

    Breaks a planning problem into clean, testable modules.

    • Design right-of-way rules for 40 robots and human pickers in one aisle network.
    • How would you structure a planner so it can be tested without a robot?
  2. 02

    C++ and systems

    Writes safe, fast code; reasons about memory, threads and real-time limits.

    • Where would you expect latency in a 50 Hz planning loop, and how would you find it?
    • Walk through a memory or threading bug you shipped and fixed.
  3. 03

    Debugging on hardware

    Finds root causes from logs, bags and a robot that won't behave.

    • A robot oscillates at an aisle intersection. Walk through your debugging.
    • What do you look for first in a field log?
  4. 04

    Collaboration

    Works through disagreement; explains trade-offs to non-specialists.

    • Tell us about a design disagreement and how it was resolved.
    • How do you explain a trade-off to a customer or an operator?
  5. 05

    Ownership

    Follows problems into the field and closes the loop.

    • Describe a problem you followed from a bug report all the way into the field.
    • What did you do after the last incident you were part of?

Overdue

Scorecard

Submitting as Kenji Watanabe

The interview ended Thu, Oct 15. Other panelists' scorecards stay hidden until you submit, so your read stays independent.

Robotics software design
C++ and systems
Debugging on hardware
Collaboration
Ownership
1 Strong concerns2 Some concerns3 Meets the bar4 Exceeds the bar
Recommendation

Write what you saw and heard, not impressions. Stick to the competencies above.

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Submitted scorecards

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  • Dev MalhotraEngineering Manager, Autonomy · 5 days agoYes
    Robotics software design
    C++ and systems
    Debugging on hardware
    Collaboration
    Ownership

    Very solid C++. Design was good but stayed close to what she knows.

  • Mei ChenStaff Robotics Engineer · 5 days agoYes
    Robotics software design
    C++ and systems
    Debugging on hardware
    Collaboration
    Ownership

    Great on the field-log exercise. Some hesitation explaining trade-offs.

  • Hannah BeckerVP of Engineering · 4 days agoNo
    Robotics software design
    C++ and systems
    Debugging on hardware
    Collaboration
    Ownership

    Capable engineer; I'm not convinced on mentoring at L5 yet. Could fit L4.