Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems
About The Position
Our client is a well-established, publicly traded technology company building mission-critical software platforms used by organizations operating in high-impact, real-world environments. Their work sits at the intersection of advanced software engineering, autonomous systems, and applied AI—solving complex problems where reliability, speed, and precision truly matter. They are forming a new, highly focused engineering team in Seattle to work on next-generation autonomous systems with real-world deployment and immediate impact. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Autonomous Systems team, you will play a key role in designing and building intelligent, real-time systems that integrate sensing, decision-making, and actuation. You’ll work in a fast-moving, experimental environment where engineers have a high degree of ownership and autonomy. This role offers two natural technical growth paths: Systems-focused engineers working close to hardware, sensors, and low-level software AI-focused engineers building autonomous decision systems, agents, and multi-step reasoning workflows
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience designing or contributing to system architecture for complex software systems
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with minimal oversight
- Experience with autonomous systems, robotics, sensor integration, or real-time systems
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage technical complexity
- Experience deploying and supporting production systems
- Eligibility and willingness to obtain a U.S. security clearance (where required by role responsibilities)
Nice To Haves
- Strong proficiency in Rust , Python , C++ , or Java
- Background in low-level systems engineering, embedded systems, or robotics
- Experience building AI-driven systems beyond basic model usage (e.g., agents, multi-step workflows, autonomy frameworks)
- Familiarity with multi-modal sensing (computer vision, radar, RF, audio, etc.)
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and optimize software for mission-critical autonomous systems
- Develop real-time systems that ingest and reason over data from multiple sensor types (e.g., vision, radar, RF, audio)
- Build intelligent decision-making systems capable of evaluating threats and triggering appropriate responses
- Integrate software with sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms
- Engineer systems that prioritize reliability, performance, and safety in high-stakes environments
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners including hardware engineers, robotics specialists, and AI researchers
- Take ownership of ambiguous problems and drive solutions from concept to deployment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
