Robotics Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy software for advanced drone hardware, promoting autonomous flight capabilities and delivery operations
• Develop software for robotic perception, planning, and control
• Develop dynamic memory, communication, and tool use faculties for AI agents
• Build and maintain robotics infrastructure, simulation, and testing environments
• Integrate sensors such as cameras, LiDAR, and IMUs into robotic systems
• Implement and optimize algorithms for localization, mapping, and navigation
• Work on autonomy pipelines from perception to action
• Collaborate with hardware, AI, and product teams to ship robotic capabilities
• Improve system reliability, performance, and real-world robustness
• Contribute to deployment and monitoring of robotic systems in production environments

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in C++, Python, or similar languages
• Experience developing robotics systems or autonomy software
• Experience working with real-world robotics hardware or simulation environments
• Strong debugging and system-level problem-solving skills
• Ability to work across multiple layers of the robotics stack
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
• Passion about defense of the United States and its allies
• May be expected to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

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