Principal Software Engineer Robotics – NxT Level

Job Description

Software Engineer, Robotics

Our client is a defense technology company, bringing Silicon Valley talent and funding to the defense sector. Our technology helps our customers solve their toughest challenges by enabling them to make better, more informed decisions in life-and-death situations. We’ve assembled a diverse team of experts in artificial intelligence, computer vision, sensor fusion, optics, and data analysis that are creating software and hardware solutions to radically evolve the capabilities of the United States and our allies.

The Robotics team develops aerial and ground-based robotic systems. The team is responsible for taking products in the surveillance and drone defense space from paper sketches to operational systems. We work in close coordination with specialist teams like Perception, Autonomy, and Manufacturing to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. We are looking for software engineers and roboticists excited about creating a powerful robotics stack that includes computer vision, motion planning, SLAM, controls, estimation, and secure communications.

WHAT YOU’LL DO
• Write and maintain core libraries (frame transformations, targeting and guidance, etc.) that all robotics platforms will use
• Own major feature development and rollout of large features for our products – recent examples include building a Software-in-the-Loop simulator for our product and characterizing and improving UAV helicopter battery consumption with route planning
• Work closely with our hardware and manufacturing teams during product development, providing quick feedback that contributes to the final hardware design

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• BS in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization
• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
• Experience working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems
• Strong C++ or Rust experience in a Linux development environment
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• MS or PhD
• Experience in one or more of the following: motion planning, perception, localization, mapping, controls, and related system performance metrics.
• Python, Rust, and/or Go experience
• Experience programming for embedded and physical devices
• Multi-agent coordination of UAVs
• Complex frame transformation problems, such as target localization or multi degree of freedom robotic arms