Vehicle Software Engineer

Role: Vehicle Software Engineer Location: San Diego, CA (In-office) Salary: $140,000 - $190,000 base + stock options and other benefits

Role Overview As part of the vehicle software team, youll be responsible for creating and integrating the software that drives our ASVs -- from integrating new sensors and payloads to developing new navigation algorithms to building robust communications pipelines to optimizing power management. This team is responsible for integrating all of the vehicle subsystems into a cohesive whole and is central to the successful operation of our ASVs whether theyre navigating through harbors or operating with limited communication hundreds of miles offshore.

Role Details In this role, youll work across the stack from writing low-level drivers to implementing higher-level decision-making logic. You will collaborate closely with teammates, contribute to technical discussions, and continuously help raise the bar for software engineering practices across the company.

On a day-by-day basis, you will:

• 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.

This is an excellent opportunity to do high-impact work, see your code go into live field robotics applications, and join a fun and hard-working team on the cutting edge of ocean autonomy.

About You

• 4 years of professional software industry experience with 2 years developing embedded software.
• Mastery of Python.
• Strong proficiency in C.
• Experience integrating a variety of sensor data in autonomous systems (e.g., IMU, GPS, RADAR, LiDAR, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience designing software architectures and algorithms for systems with tight resource limits.
• Excellent collaboration and teamwork skills with a side of humility.

Additionally, you may have one or more of the following qualifications:

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

About Seasats At Seasats, were passionate about delivering maritime robotics solutions to redefine the maritime industry. Our primary products are autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) designed to carry sensors at sea for months at a time. Our ASVs provide persistent monitoring and data acquisition to defense, scientific, and commercial customers and have autonomously crossed both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. After thousands of years in which the only way to gather information from the ocean was to put people on a boat, these uncrewed vessels are transforming how humanity monitors and interacts with the ocean. Here youll find the space and opportunity to do your lifes best work.

Along with your salary, youll receive perks including:

• 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.

Hiring Notes When applying, youll 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 are 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.