Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems

ABOUT THE ROLE Join a customer-facing product engineering team building command-and-control and autonomy software for robotic and unmanned systems. You will develop cloud and edge services that help operators manage sensors, platforms, and intelligent decision-making in demanding operational environments. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design, implement, and optimize mission-critical backend and systems software for autonomous platforms. - Build real-time services and messaging that connect sensors, effectors, and unmanned systems. - Develop software that processes heterogeneous sensor data for real-time state estimation and threat detection. - Integrate LLM- and AI-driven systems that support threat assessment and operational decisions. - Engineer reliable, scalable, and fail-safe systems for high-stakes environments. - Work with robotics, hardware, sensing, and systems engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Four to ten years of experience in backend or service-layer software engineering, with recent hands-on individual contributor work. - A technical degree, such as computer science, robotics, or electrical engineering. - Strong proficiency in Rust, Python, C++, or Java. - Experience building and owning backend services, APIs, or middleware, and real-time data or messaging integrations between live external services. - Background in autonomy, such as autonomous vehicles, drones, robotics, or factory automation, and experience shipping software in a rapid prototype-to-field environment. - Experience integrating LLM systems or AI agents, or building toolchains, is useful. - Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship and be eligible for a security clearance. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary range: $145,000 to $275,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION Hybrid in Palo Alto, California.