Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer – Salient Motion

All applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) to meet customer and regulatory requirements.

We are pioneering modular motion technologies to power innovation in the Industrial, Aerospace and Defense sectors. If you’re excited about disrupting legacy industries and passionate about motor control technology, let’s chat!

• We are open to relocating you
• We have great benefits
• We are well funded and generating revenue
• We are located in beautiful Torrance, CA and just moved into a new large hangar facility
• We are onsite but have a flexible work policy

You’ll lead the development and scaling of our web-based telemetry and diagnostics platform, the window into the performance of next‑generation motor controllers and electromechanical systems. You’ll work with firmware, hardware and systems engineers to build tools that bridge embedded systems with intuitive, real‑time interfaces.

• Develop and scale our full‑stack web application, with a primary focus on the React‑based frontend
• Create intuitive data visualizations for real‑time and historical motor telemetry
• Design and maintain scalable backend APIs and data pipelines to support diagnostics and remote logging features
• Work closely with embedded engineers to define protocols and telemetry schema
• Ensure our tools are robust, responsive and easy to use across devices and platforms
• Own features end‑to‑end—from concept and design to deployment and ongoing iteration
• Collaborate with designers using tools like Figma to bring clean and thoughtful UI/UX to life
• Drive the software development process by contributing to system architecture, documentation and requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent industry experience
• 5+ years of experience as a full‑stack engineer, ideally in a product‑focused environment
• Strong experience with Type Script and React
• Solid backend experience using Node.js, Python or equivalent
• Experience designing and building REST or Web Socket APIs
• Experience working with real‑time data, time‑series databases or Web Socket streams
• Familiarity with Figma and experience collaborating closely with designers
• Strong UX instincts and a passion for building clean, usable interfaces
• A bias for action—you like to take ownership and move fast

• Experience building UI dashboards for hardware systems
• Experience with Dev Ops, CI/CD pipelines, Docker or AWS
• A hacker’s mindset: curious, resourceful, always looking to improve tools
• Passion for aviation, robotics or motion control systems

• Competitive compensation + equity
• Exceptional healthcare benefits, medical coverage 100% by the company
• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k)
• More to come!