Vehicle Software Engineer

Saildrone • Alameda, CA

16h • Onsite

About The Position

Saildrone's autonomous vessels depend on software that directly interfaces with the physical vehicle: sensors, onboard computers, power systems, and control systems. As a Vehicle Software Engineer, you will develop the production C++ software that integrates these systems and keeps autonomous vessels operating reliably in the real world. This is a hands-on systems role at the boundary of software and hardware. You will work from sensor and subsystem integration through testing, deployment, and field troubleshooting, with the opportunity to solve problems on autonomous vehicles operating for long periods far from human operators.

Requirements

• Strong C++ software engineering skills and experience building production systems.
• Strong systems understanding and comfort working across software and hardware boundaries.
• Experience developing software that interfaces with sensors, actuators, or other physical systems.
• Experience debugging complex systems using logs, telemetry, test data, and system behavior.
• Experience deploying and maintaining software on physical products or other systems operating in the field.
• Ability to understand and reason about interactions between software, hardware, and larger system behavior.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, defense, maritime, industrial systems, or other complex physical products.
• Experience with embedded Linux, real-time systems, hardware bring-up, or vehicle communications.
• Experience with remote software deployment, configuration management, or fleet diagnostics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production C++ software running onboard autonomous vessels.
• Integrate sensors and physical vehicle subsystems into the onboard software stack.
• Interface with power, battery-management, propulsion, and other vehicle control systems.
• Diagnose complex vehicle and software issues using telemetry, logs, testing, and direct system investigation.
• Develop software supporting vehicle configuration, deployment, upgrades, and migration across the fleet.
• Validate software and hardware integrations on real vehicles and improve their reliability in field operations.

Benefits

• Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual plus a robust annual holiday schedule and paid sick leave
• Premium, multi-tier Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with significant company contributions for employees and dependents
• Equity grants
• 401(k) retirement plan with flexible pre-tax and Roth payroll contribution options
• Annual professional development reimbursement program
• Relocation assistance for eligible roles

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed