Senior Vehicle Software Engineer

Role

Senior Vehicle Software Engineer

San Diego, CA (in-office)

The vehicle software team is responsible for integrating all of the onboard subsystems into a cohesive whole. In this role you will create and integrate the software that drives our autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) – from integrating new sensors and payloads, to developing new navigation algorithms, to building robust communications pipelines, to optimizing power management. This team is critical to the successful operation of our ASVs, whether they’re navigating through harbors or operating with limited communication hundreds of miles offshore.

• Design, implement, and test new features to make our boats smarter, more robust, and easier to use.
• Develop and validate new autonomy algorithms to safely guide our boats through channels and across oceans.
• Work hands-on to integrate new sensors and payloads.
• Continuously add to and improve our automated test suite, tooling, and health checks.
• Support vehicle checkout, testing, troubleshooting, and demonstrations by making trips to our local launch points with a laptop to provide hands-on support.
• Spend time mentoring teammates and collaborating to shape the team’s technical path.

• 6+ years of professional software industry experience, with 3+ years developing embedded software
• Fluency in Python
• Strong proficiency in C++
• Experience integrating a variety of sensor data in autonomous systems (ex. IMU, GPS, RADAR, LiDAR, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience designing software architectures and algorithms for systems with tight resource limits
• Excellent leadership, collaboration, and teamwork skills, with a side of humility

• Proficiency working in Linux environments
• Experience with messaging/middleware frameworks (ex. MQTT, ZeroMQ, ROS)
• Familiarity with common sensor communication protocols (ex. RS-232, RS-485, TCP/IP, NMEA-2000, CAN, I2C, SPI)
• Familiarity with relational databases (MySQL, Postgre
  
  SQL)

Salary: $160,000-$210,000 base + stock options.

• Competitive insurance (including a 99% employer-covered Gold HMO plan or other options)
• 401k matching up to 4% of salary
• Four free lunches per week
• An employee activity fund
• A pet-friendly office
• Unlimited/Flex PTO

When applying, you’ll be asked to provide a resume and answer a few screening questions. Please note that we are currently unable to sponsor employment visas, so candidates must be independently authorized to work in the United States. We appreciate diverse perspectives and life experiences, and we’re committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds. Seasats provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination of any type based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law.

We look forward to reviewing your application!