Top Senior C++ Jobs in San Diego, CA

Leads FPGA design verification for electronic warfare systems by architecting SystemVerilog/UVM or VHDL testbenches, developing constrained-random test plans, analyzing coverage, creating reusable verification IP, and improving methodologies. The role includes leading verification teams, mentoring engineers, managing schedules, supporting multiple projects, and collaborating across locations. Candidates need extensive FPGA/ASIC verification experience, relevant tools expertise, strong communication skills, and a current Secret clearance or eligibility to obtain one.

Deploy and integrate Hivemind autonomy software with maritime platforms worldwide. Support customer deployments, software development, on-water testing, training, demonstrations, debugging, documentation, and maritime system integrations involving controls, sensors, navigation, and communications. Collaborate with customers, sales, and product engineering teams to resolve integration issues and improve products.

Lead digital and embedded engineering for aerospace radar and electronic warfare products. Architect, design, simulate, verify, integrate, and transition digital subsystems and circuit cards into production. Develop FPGA architectures and VHDL firmware, create DSP algorithms, oversee circuit card design, and interface with RF and motion-control systems. Lead testing, documentation, customer collaboration, and technical mentorship of junior engineers.

Drives performance engineering and scalability across software systems by identifying bottlenecks, optimizing code, queries, databases, and architecture, and implementing fixes. Builds performance frameworks, data-generation tools, benchmarks, and CI/CD automation using k6, JavaScript, Grafana, and InfluxDB. Establishes performance standards, investigates distributed systems and cloud environments, documents architectural decisions, and collaborates with engineering teams to improve throughput, latency, reliability, and efficiency.

Develop and use configurable, self-checking FPGA verification environments using SystemVerilog/UVM and/or VHDL. Create constrained-random test plans, reusable Verification IP, and coverage-driven test cases for electronic warfare signal-processing and control systems. Analyze metrics, improve verification methodologies, execute tasks across multiple projects, and collaborate with engineers and subject matter experts across U.S. locations.

Design and implement C++ features for MongoDB’s replication infrastructure, improving availability, recovery, consistency, performance, and fault tolerance. Diagnose distributed-systems issues, develop comprehensive tests, collaborate across engineering teams, participate in design and code reviews, and mentor junior engineers. The role involves owning technical work from investigation through delivery and contributing to major MongoDB releases.

Develop and maintain MongoDB server workload resilience infrastructure in C++ or Rust. Design workload policies for rate limiting, prioritization, overload mitigation, availability, and performance. Write unit and integration tests, investigate failures, improve observability, diagnose and fix complex distributed-system issues, and lead technical projects. Collaborate across engineering teams, mentor junior engineers, participate in hiring, and improve operational readiness, monitoring, incident management, and rollout processes.

Integrate, validate, and deploy autonomy software across simulations, hardware-in-the-loop environments, and flight platforms. Configure sensors, interfaces, and platform adapters; develop integration tooling, deployment scripts, and configuration management; troubleshoot system behavior using logs, telemetry, and rosbag data; optimize CI/CD workflows; validate requirements and interface contracts; and collaborate with engineering, product, DevOps, and customer teams to deliver reliable autonomous systems.

Leads the technical vision, architecture, and development of Guidance, Navigation, Control, and State Estimation capabilities for autonomous aircraft. Builds and mentors a specialist engineering team, develops production autopilot and flight-control software, establishes reusable GNC platforms, and drives simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight testing. Partners on Runtime Assurance, safety, airworthiness evidence, customer integrations, and cross-organization technical roadmaps.

Design, architect, implement, debug, and optimize embedded software for prototype and shipping consumer eyewear products. Work across system layers including kernels, memory management, I/O, camera, audio, persistence, and security. Participate in design and code reviews, triage product issues, and develop performant, energy-efficient solutions using ARM architecture, C or C++, and embedded Linux.

Leads architecture and hands-on development for ServiceNow’s Workflow Data Fabric, including federated query, data synchronization, private connectivity, streaming, ingestion, and data quality platforms. Owns scalability, reliability, security, performance, technical standards, production escalations, and cross-team engineering direction. Mentors senior engineers and partners with product, infrastructure, security, quality, and support teams to deliver large-scale distributed data systems.

Design, develop, and integrate 5G cellular modem firmware and modules into OpenWrt-based router and gateway platforms. Develop Linux kernel drivers, modem communication interfaces, connection-management daemons, routing and failover systems, and network configurations. Optimize throughput and latency, perform firmware updates, debug connectivity across the RF-to-user-space stack, integrate cellular features, collaborate on RF and antenna validation, and create technical documentation.

Lead integration of autonomy components into reference implementations and deployable stacks. Develop C++ and Python tooling, software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop tests, platform integration layers, automated fixtures, and troubleshooting workflows. Investigate cross-system failures, support deployment to representative hardware, collaborate on flight testing, analyze integration issues, and create documentation and training materials. The role spans perception, localization, planning, real-time systems, and safety-critical autonomous platforms.

Develop and maintain autonomy integration environments, reference configurations, automated software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop tests, integration tools, and vehicle or hardware interfaces. Debug failures across planning, controls, simulation, perception, deployment, network, timing, and hardware boundaries. Support autonomy stack deployment, lab and flight testing, failure analysis, documentation, and technical collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

Design and implement high-performance middleware, runtime services, tooling, and foundational software for Shield AI’s EdgeOS and Hivemind autonomy systems. Develop across Linux, real-time operating systems, and resource-constrained embedded platforms. Contribute to interface definition languages, debugging and observability tools, automated testing, documentation, architecture, code reviews, technical guidance, and mentorship while collaborating with autonomy, systems, simulation, and test engineering teams.

Leads qualification and validation for HDD, SSD, NVMe, and PCIe solutions used in Azure infrastructure. Develops automated test suites and strategies covering performance, reliability, security, interoperability, error recovery, and fleet scenarios. Analyzes failures and field incidents, partners with suppliers on root-cause resolution, validates hardware, firmware, drivers, and system interactions, and leads cross-functional technical initiatives while mentoring engineers.

Designs and implements hardware testing methods and equipment, troubleshoots RF and digital systems, analyzes test data, improves manufacturing processes, and supports yield targets. Leads technicians, develops corrective actions, collaborates with engineering and manufacturing teams, and reports test and yield issues. The role is full-time onsite in San Diego with travel up to 10%.

Leads and grows a firmware engineering team while contributing to architecture, design, integration, verification, qualification, and production support for complex laser, photonic, and electro-optical systems. Establishes firmware processes, standards, tools, documentation, and development environments. Oversees FPGA, SoC, HDL, and embedded C/C++ development, manages technical risks and project execution, and partners with cross-functional engineering teams on system integration and troubleshooting.

Designs and implements testing methods and equipment for RF and digital hardware. Troubleshoots electrical and electro-mechanical systems, analyzes test data and product yields, identifies root causes, and defines improvements to testing equipment, procedures, and manufacturing processes. Leads technicians, supports hardware deliveries, collaborates with engineering and manufacturing teams, reports yield issues, and contributes to corrective actions. The role is full-time onsite in San Diego with up to 10% travel.

Leads systems engineering for compute, camera, and radio products across the full lifecycle. Responsibilities include requirements development, system architecture, interface definition, trade studies, integration, verification, qualification, testing, documentation, and technical leadership. The role coordinates cross-functional engineering and program teams, supports embedded and flight-software product development, and ensures customer requirements and quality standards are met. This is a fully onsite position in San Diego, California.

Build and scale hardware-in-the-loop CI/CD infrastructure for humanoid robots. Responsibilities include developing PR-triggered hardware test pipelines, managing device farms and test cells, automating firmware flashing and data capture, creating regression coverage across robot subsystems, analyzing simulation-to-hardware gaps, and producing trusted test reports and dashboards. The role collaborates across embedded, controls, ML, mechanical, manufacturing, and global integration teams while ensuring safe, reliable unattended testing.

Develop and maintain C++ swarm software for ground stations and autonomous drones, build Python web services, create swarming algorithms, extend communication protocols, and improve software architecture and development processes. The role involves real-world, safety-critical autonomy systems, independent work, field testing, and operational responsibility across commercial and defense applications.

Develop and maintain C++ swarm autonomy software for ground stations and drones, create swarming algorithms and communication protocols, and contribute to software architecture and engineering process improvements. The role includes Python web services, field testing, operational troubleshooting, and development for real-time, safety-critical autonomous systems in commercial and defense environments.

Leads architecture and development of scalable, high-availability software systems supporting millions of endpoints. Owns complex multi-team initiatives, makes technical decisions, mentors engineers, establishes engineering standards, and improves software quality. Requires deep Java development, distributed systems, API design, database engineering, system scalability, testing, and AI-assisted development experience.

Develop and support high-performance C++ machine vision software for semiconductor manufacturing and inspection equipment. Build and optimize image-processing algorithms for detection, segmentation, alignment, identification, measurement, and defect inspection. Integrate vision systems with automated equipment, troubleshoot production issues, conduct testing and code reviews, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams. The role may also provide technical mentoring and support deployment, manufacturing, field service, and customer needs.