Sr. Robotics Software Engineer

5+ years of robotics software engineering with real shipped systems behind you

Strong hands-on development chops. You're a builder first, and you write production code that runs on real hardware

ROS2 experience and the judgment to know when not to use it

Experience building or operating CI/CD for robotics or hardware-in-the-loop systems

A genuine ownership mentality toward quality. You've seen what bad test discipline costs in the field and you fix it without being asked

Where you probably come from: Senior IC at robotics companies that shipped to customers or operators, defense robotics groups, autonomy at automotive, or aerospace robotics programs that put software in front of real users.

We want to talk if: You're the engineer who writes the feature and the test for it, and quietly fixes the CI pipeline everyone else complains about. You've taken software from "works on my machine" to "works in the field."

Not a fit if: You're a QA specialist who doesn't write production code, you're a researcher who hasn't shipped, or you think test discipline is someone else's job.

Real-time systems experience

Sensor fusion or perception background

Defense or safety-critical software release experience

Built test automation frameworks for robotics or hardware-in-the-loop systems before

Education: BS, MS, or PhD in CS, Robotics, EE, or equivalent. Track record matters more than degree.

Extreme bias for action. You ship working code on real hardware, not slideware

You debug from first principles, not intuition alone

Comfortable with ambiguity and fast iteration in a startup environment

Clear communicator across software, hardware, and operator-facing surfaces Self directed.

You identify what needs to happen next and do it without being told

Build more in 1 month than most people build in 1 year. We field test weekly. Your work makes the whole team faster.

Career velocity is real. At ~10 engineers, there are no layers between you and impact.

Work on a problem that actually matters. Small cheap drones are changing warfare. Our laser systems are the asymmetric answer — infinite magazine, near zero cost per shot, scalable to every base, border, facility, and truck.

Join the densest defense startup ecosystem in the country. California is where the next generation of defense companies are being built.

Core hours are Monday through Friday, 9 to 6. When we're sprinting toward a demo or field test, the team ramps up — nights, weekends, whatever it takes to ship. When the sprint lands, we ramp down. We don't manufacture intensity for show.

This role requires access to export-controlled information or items that require "U.S. Person" status. As defined by U.S. law, individuals who are any one of the following are considered to be a "U.S. Person": (1) U.S. citizens, (2) legal permanent residents (a.k.a. green card holders), and (3) certain protected classes of asylees and refugees, as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).