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Autonomy and Robotics Software Engineer

Huntington Beach, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-23 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design, build, and deploy production autonomy software for next-generation autonomous defense platforms operating in contested environments where GNSS and sensing are degraded or denied.

Role type

Senior IC autonomy software engineer (robotics/embedded systems)

Builds

Perception, localization, navigation, planning, and mission autonomy software for defense platforms

Domain

Defense technology / Autonomous robotics / Embedded systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

modern C++ on Linux, Python, system integration, debugging, evaluation pipelines, real-time optimization, fault detection, uncertainty-aware decision-making

Preferred skills

state estimation, SLAM, VIO, GNSS/INS fusion, multi-sensor fusion, perception (detection/segmentation/tracking), ML model deployment, embedded Linux/RTOS, motion planning, simulation/HITL, contested environment operations

Technologies

C++, Python, Linux, embedded Linux, RTOS

Responsibilities

Design and implement production autonomy software; integrate capabilities across perception, localization, navigation, and planning; take systems from prototype through simulation and flight test to deployment; analyze logs and test data to debug and improve robustness; develop evaluation pipelines and metrics; optimize software for real-time embedded deployment; design systems for degraded operation and graceful degradation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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