Jobs at Sofar Ocean

Identify, engage, and build pipelines of technical and industry-specialist talent for maritime and climate tech. Partner with People Team and hiring managers to understand hiring needs, use Boolean search, ATS (Ashby), and creative channels beyond LinkedIn to meet metrics-driven sourcing goals. Own sourcing strategy and candidate pipeline in a fast-paced, mission-driven startup (hybrid work).

Design, implement, and maintain FreeRTOS-based embedded firmware in C/C++ with automated unit and integration tests; build Bristlemouth integrations; create host-side test and automation tools in Python; collaborate with electrical/mechanical engineers on system integration, testing and deployments; drive releases, documentation, and technical leadership for firmware teams.

Lead science-driven brand storytelling and campaigns that translate ocean and climate data into engaging multimedia for social and live platforms. Develop content concepts, coordinate scientists/designers, run event and awards strategies, write speaking proposals, execute campaigns, and measure performance to inform future storytelling.

Lead R&D for underwater acoustics: define scientific vision, develop detection/classification/localization and acoustic mapping capabilities, guide sensing design and deployments, run field experiments and analyses, translate research into operational products, and represent the company to partners and customers.

Lead development of Sofars underwater acoustics platform: design detection, classification, localization, and acoustic mapping methods; run field experiments and simulations; translate research into operational products; collaborate across engineering and science teams; represent Sofar externally.

Lead UK/EU defense go-to-market efforts for the Spotter platform (and related DaaS/Wayfinder products). Build pipelines, win new and expand existing accounts, partner with primes, manage end-to-end sales from prospecting through contract implementation, and provide market feedback to product and BD teams.

Embed with defense users to train, enable, and problem-solve using Sofar Spotter hardware and ocean intelligence. Build the Defense customer success function (onboarding, playbooks, TTPs), lead deployments and exercises, capture field learnings for Product, collaborate with Sales and internal teams, and travel extensively to support and grow accounts.