Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join a customer-facing product engineering team building command-and-control and autonomy software for robotic systems. You will develop cloud and edge services that connect sensors, autonomous platforms, and AI-driven decision support for complex operational missions.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design, build, and optimize reliable software for mission-critical autonomous systems.
• Develop real-time data processing for heterogeneous sensors, including state estimation and threat detection.
• Build LLM- and AI-enabled systems that assess threats and support rapid operational decisions.
• Integrate sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms, including individual and coordinated systems.
• Engineer scalable, fault-tolerant services for high-stakes environments.
• Work with robotics, hardware, sensing, and systems engineering specialists to deliver integrated solutions.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Four to ten years of backend or service-layer software engineering experience, with recent hands-on individual contributor work.
• Experience owning backend services such as APIs, microservices, or middleware, and building real-time messaging between external systems.
• Professional proficiency in Rust, Python, C++, or Java, and a degree in computer science or a related technical field.
• Practical experience in autonomy, such as robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles, or factory automation. Experience should extend beyond algorithms, simulation, or ML research alone.
• Experience shipping software in a rapid prototype-to-field environment; familiarity with LLM integrations, AI agents, or tool chains is helpful.
• Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship and eligibility for security clearance.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Base salary: $145,000 to $275,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

LOCATION

Hybrid in Palo Alto, California.