Staff Robotics Software Engineer

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Robotics Engineers Engineering Services

SENIORITY

Lead

SALARY

$200,000 per year

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About the role

Staff Robotics Software Engineer | Autonomy | Defense Onsite | $200K - $300K base + equity You'll own the autonomy software stack for uncrewed systems that have to work in the real world, not just in simulation. GPS-denied, comms-degraded, no second chances. We're a venture-backed defense technology company with systems already in the field. The engineering team is small and senior, and this hire will shape the architecture that the next 50 engineers build on. What you'll work onDesigning and owning core autonomy software: perception, state estimation, planning and control Taking systems from prototype to fielded hardware, including testing on real platforms Setting technical direction and raising the bar for how the team writes, tests and ships robotics software Working directly with hardware, firmware and ML engineers, and occasionally with end users

What we're looking for:

8+ years building robotics or autonomy software, with systems that have run on real hardware
Strong modern C++ (Python a plus), Linux, and ROS/ROS 2 or equivalent middleware
Deep expertise in at least one of: perception, localization/SLAM, motion planning, or controls
A track record of technical leadership: you've owned architecture decisions and made other engineers betterUS citizenship (required for security clearance eligibility)

Nice to have:

Active or previous security clearance
Experience with aerial, maritime or ground uncrewed systems
Sim-to-real, HIL testing or safety-critical software experience
Why this role
Real ownership: your decisions will ship, not sit in a slide deck
Meaningful equity at an early stage
Hardware you can actually touch and test

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