Senior Software Engineer

SENIOR SOFTWARE & ML ENGINEER (AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES / ROBOTICS)

REMOTE (OPTIONAL AUSTIN, TX OFFICE)

$150,000 – $175,000 BASE + BONUS + EQUITY + BENEFITS

We’re partnering with a fast-growing robotics and autonomous systems startup focused on vehicle navigation in GPS-denied environments. This is not a research role — you’ll be building production-grade software and ML systems that run inside vehicles for military, defense, and commercial clients.

The team is flexible on seniority and open to mid-level through senior engineers who enjoy hands-on building, experimentation, and deep technical ownership.

• Building and maintaining software for vehicle localization and navigation without GPS
• Developing sensor fusion, mapping, and ML-driven algorithms to integrate with vehicle hardware and firmware
• Reverse-engineering vehicle data streams and working with limited documentation
• Prototyping and iterating rapidly to solve real-world challenges in off-road or complex environments
• Collaborating closely across software, ML, and vehicle integration teams to design robust systems
• Owning large chunks of the stack, from embedded C++ systems to ML algorithms and data processing pipelines

• Strong experience in C++ (systems-level, embedded, or robotics applications)
• Hands-on experience integrating software with hardware or vehicles
• Solid computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and software architecture
• Comfortable working with limited tooling and documentation, and solving ambiguous problems
• Curious, resourceful, and entrepreneurial mindset with a desire to grow as an engineer

• Autonomous driving or wheeled robotics experience
• ML experience for non-CV / non-LiDAR systems
• GIS, mapping, or topographical data experience
• Particle filters or localization algorithm knowledge
• Open-source contributions

• Real ownership over production-grade systems — what you build runs in vehicles
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge autonomous vehicle and robotics technologies
• Flexibility on seniority and career trajectory, with future leadership opportunities
• Competitive compensation, equity, and room for impact in a growing startup
• Hands-on, scrappy, and collaborative team culture — low ego, high technical depth

If you’re excited to build real, deployed vehicle systems and ML solutions
, not just prototypes, and want meaningful ownership on a fast-moving robotics platform,
APPLY.