Robotics Software Engineer – Linux / ROS2 / C++ / Python / USV / Marine Robotics (Onsite)
US VC‑backed DeepTech Start‑up
$140,000 – $180,000 base + equity (DOE)
Fully on‑site, Los Angeles CA
The Robotics Software Engineer role is a hands‑on position building real autonomy for unmanned surface vessels (USVs) operating in harsh, unstructured maritime environments.
Why this Robotics Software Engineer role?
- Work on production USVs already running real missions, not just lab demos
- Own core planning and autonomy pieces end‑to‑end, from algorithm to live on‑water tests
- Join an engineering‑first, VC‑backed deep‑tech start‑up with strong funding and customers
- Collaborate closely with perception, controls, embedded, and hardware engineers in a small, senior team
- Fully on‑site in Los Angeles – fast build / test / iterate cycles on boats several times a week
The Company
- My client builds low‑cost, high‑reliability USVs for national security and critical maritime infrastructure
- All core electronics, autonomy software, and payload modules are designed in‑house for tight integration
- Mission: deploy scalable fleets of small autonomous vessels to replace legacy, monolithic naval platforms
The Robotics Software Engineer role – what you’ll do
- Research, design, and implement path planning algorithms for USV operations (graph‑based, APF‑style, hybrid)
- Develop planning and autonomy services running on embedded Linux / edge compute in constrained environments
- Build robust deployment pipelines for field vehicles (packaging, versioning, OTA updates, rollback strategies)
- Integrate heterogeneous sensor inputs (e.g. radar, cameras, GNSS, IMU) into feedback‑driven navigation and control
- Work with hardware and perception teams to deliver end‑to‑end autonomy features, from concept to sea trials
- Use simulation plus real‑world telemetry to validate, tune, and harden planners against waves, wind, and GPS issues
Essential requirements for the Robotics Software Engineer
- Strong experience with mathematical path planning frameworks: graph methods, artificial potential fields, or similar
- Hands‑on background in Linux system development; ideally embedded or Yocto‑based environments
- Proven experience integrating multiple sensors into a control or autonomy stack (fusion, filtering, latencies)
- Solid understanding of deploying and operating software in edge compute contexts
- Proficiency with C++ and/or Python in robotics or real‑time systems
What will make you stand out as a Robotics Software Engineer
- Exposure to NVIDIA Holoscan or comparable platforms for real‑time sensor processing and acceleration
- Experience in marine, USV, UUV, or outdoor field robotics with unstructured environments
- Familiarity with distributed deployment and testing for embedded fleets (CI/CD for robots, remote diagnostics)
If you are interested in this Robotics Software Engineer role, please apply with your resume through this site.
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