Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems
About The Position
Saildrone is hiring a Software Engineer (5+ years) in autonomous systems or robotics with strong C++ and hands-on experience shipping autonomy software on real vehicles, across perception, localization, planning, decision-making and vehicle behavior. Saildrone is a maritime defense company whose autonomous vessels deliver persistent, wide-area intelligence in the world's harshest environments, harnessing AI, advanced sensor suites and renewable power. Founded in 2014, Saildrone has raised $300M; its Alameda waterfront HQ has direct access to the lagoon where vessels are launched and tested.
Requirements
- 5+ years in autonomous systems or robotics software
- Strong C++
- Shipped production autonomy algorithms on physical hardware
- Comfort across the full autonomy stack
Nice To Haves
- Autonomous driving, aerospace, defense or maritime experience
- ROS, sensor fusion and GPU computing
Responsibilities
- Design, implement and deploy production autonomy software in C++ onboard autonomous maritime vehicles.
- Develop algorithms for perception, localization, planning, navigation and collision/terrain avoidance.
- Contribute to sensor fusion across radar, camera and other modalities.
- Build local and global planners that use map and sensor data.
- Make practical trade-offs on constrained onboard compute (Nvidia Jetson).
- Validate behavior with simulation, telemetry and real-world data, building your own Python tooling.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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