About the company
Our client is a defense technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Write and ship production-grade C++ software that allows uncrewed vehicles to sense their environment and steer themselves. The work covers algorithm design, sensor integration and hardware-based validation, along with input into the longer-term direction of the software architecture.
What you'll do
- Design, build and release production C++ software that runs onboard uncrewed vehicles.
- Create and integrate algorithms that let a vehicle understand its surroundings, know its position, plan a path and avoid hazards.
- Support sensor fusion efforts that merge radar, camera and other inputs into a single coherent picture.
- Maintain route planners at both short and long range that turn map and sensor inputs into vehicle behavior.
- Balance accuracy, robustness, processing cost, latency and dependability when working with limited embedded compute.
- Check vehicle behavior and track down faults by combining virtual environments, field logs and data from real deployments, and write helper tools, frequently in Python, to speed up iteration.
- Help steer the architecture of the next generation of the autonomy software over a multi-year plan.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- At least 5 years of experience in robotics or autonomous systems.
- Bachelor's degree.
- Advanced C++ skills and a solid grasp of the algorithms used to guide self-operating vehicles.
- A record of delivering production-quality code on physical hardware, working where software meets devices.
- Familiarity with embedded systems, sensor integration, computer vision, sensor fusion, trajectory tracking and coping with noisy or uncertain data.
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging instincts.
- Must be a US citizen or Green Card holder and eligible under US export control rules.
Bonus points
- Prior work in vehicle autonomy, aerospace or related sectors.
- Experience at companies known for demanding vehicle software.
- Exposure to real-time operating systems, lightweight Linux builds or battery power management.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 210,000 to 300,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- Alameda, CA, United States
- Hybrid, 3 days per week in office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- At least 5 years of experience in robotics or autonomous systems
- Bachelor's degree
- Advanced C++ skills
- Knowledge of algorithms used to guide autonomous vehicles
- Experience delivering production-quality software on physical hardware
- Experience working at the intersection of software and devices
- Familiarity with embedded systems
- Familiarity with sensor integration
- Familiarity with computer vision
- Familiarity with sensor fusion
- Familiarity with trajectory tracking
- Experience handling noisy or uncertain data
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
- Must be a US citizen or Green Card holder and eligible under US export control rules
- Prior work in vehicle autonomy, aerospace, or related sectors
- Experience at companies known for demanding vehicle software
- Exposure to real-time operating systems
- Exposure to lightweight Linux builds
- Exposure to battery power management
What We Do
Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.
