Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Platform

Zendar•Berkeley, CA

6d•$160,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Zendar is looking for an experienced Software Engineer with passion for SW design and desire to bring things to life in the real world. If you have years of SW background, your heart beats for good design and you can keep up with the fast pace of a startup, you might like the challenge. Our team is a testament of the ability to unite engineers of different backgrounds over a common vision. We do not shy away from reality and its limitations but we also dream big. You don’t have to fit in a box. We are not looking for a superhero. But we might be looking for you! Zendar builds a radar-centric autonomy stack which makes any vehicle - from cars to robots - autonomous in any environment. With our deep radar DNA, we have architected our solution to put RF sensing at the core of all perception. The result is a system that handles long range, high speeds, and bad weather not as edge cases but as a core strength of the autonomy stack. Because radars naturally measure both 3D position and velocity for every object in the environment, radar-centric autonomy is extremely compute- and data-efficient. Our autonomous vehicle needs only a few thousand dollars of hardware to make it completely autonomous, making this the cheapest way to build an autonomous vehicle by far. To develop this capability we had to build the entire stack in house - from radar sensor hardware to signal processing to multi-modal perception foundation models and path and trajectory planning. As part of a small team, you will have a front-row seat to seeing how a complete autonomy stack is architected and how your engineering decisions improve the ability to navigate autonomously in the real world. Although AI is central to what we build, our hiring process is intentionally human: every résumé is reviewed by a real person.

Requirements

Ability to work from the office in Berkeley, CA, at least from Tuesday to Thursday.
5+ years of experience in SW engineering.
Proficiency with C++ and Python.
Experience leading features from design through production.
Ability to break down complex problems into well-defined technical solutions.
A proactive approach to solving problems and willingness to take on new challenges as they arise.
Somebody with solid opinions based on experience, yet open-minded and flexible to find the best solution for the situation.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with hardware, especially automotive sensors (radar, lidar, camera, CANbus)
Experience with Javascript or UI development
Experience with working with Linux
A track record of excelling in ambiguous or evolving roles in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

Enable Development of New Perception-based Platforms
Integrate new models and algorithms into existing application
Work with research teams to support Motion planning and Control of vehicle development
Develop and Maintain Data Collection Platform
Support data collection requirements from our ML team by adapting the current platform with new sensors and features
Set and Maintain Software Standards
Drive the team to uphold good SW development practices like testing or efficient deployment
Work with teams in the company to maintain unified SW architecture across platforms