Mission Software Engineer
Core
Debugging field-reported anomalies in autonomous underwater/surface vehicles by reproducing issues, analyzing logs/metrics, and shipping fixes to the mission control codebase.
Role type
Senior IC mission software engineer (systems debugging)
Builds
Autonomous maritime vehicles (underwater/surface) and their control/mission logic
Domain
Defense technology / Maritime robotics / AI & Sensor Fusion
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Systems debugging, observability tooling (Prometheus/Grafana, Loki/ELK), Linux fluency, cross-language code reading (Rust, C++, Python, Go), root cause analysis, CI/CD deployment
Preferred skills
Robotics middleware, sensor drivers (sonar, radar, lidar), simulation-in-the-loop testing, hardware-in-the-loop testing, embedded/fleet software deployment
Technologies
Rust, C++, Python, Go, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, Linux, NixOS
Responsibilities
Reproduce field-reported anomalies using recorded sensor/mission data and visualization tooling; analyze metrics and logs to reconstruct system state; write fixes in the appropriate subsystem language with tests; validate fixes in simulation or hardware-in-the-loop before deployment; document root causes to improve runbooks; push back to owning teams when fixes require subsystem changes.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
