Autonomy Software Engineer II — Sensor Fusion & Perception

REGENT Craft Inc.; North Kingstown (RI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

REGENT Craft Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer II, Sensor Fusion & Autonomy, to design and integrate perception systems for seagliders, enabling robust environmental awareness and internal state estimation.

You will lead prototyping, sensor evaluations, and integration into operational vehicles, while coordinating data collection, simulation, and sea trials to validate software performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Master of Science in CS, ME or related field is required.
• 1 year of experience in Aviation, Aerospace, Robotics, Automotive, or applicable software field.
• 1 year of experience in Python coding.
• 1 year of experience in C or C++.
• 1 year of experience debugging distributed software on vehicles.
• 1 year of experience with sensor selection, evaluation and integration.
• 1 year of experience in SLAM algorithms, systems and frameworks.
• 1 year of experience in state estimation.
• 1 year in publish-subscribe messaging architectures.
• 1 year in autonomy system design including actuation, propulsion, path planning and UI.
• 1 year integrating and optimizing multi-modal sensors for robust situational awareness.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and integrate a perception system for seagliders to perceive the environment, vehicle state, and operator intent.
• Lead rapid prototyping and evaluation of perception solutions, manage trade studies, sensor evaluations, and integration into vehicles.
• Integrate, calibrate, and optimize multi-modal sensor suites to ensure robust situational awareness and accurate state estimation.
• Architect and deploy robust software build environments; transition prototype software to production avionics.
• Lead data collection on and off vehicle to drive iterative software improvements.
• Use high-fidelity simulations and live sea trials to verify perception software.
• Serve as SME for state estimation across engineering disciplines including flight controls, GNC, systems, hydrodynamics, and perception.
• Own critical aspects of subscale and full-scale prototype development and testing; oversee production craft development, validation, testing, and certification.

Skills

Python

C/C++

State estimation

Sensor fusion

Autonomy systems

SLAM algorithms

Debugging distributed software

Vehicle software integration

Data collection & testing

Multi-modal sensors

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or related field

Job description

REGENT Craft Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer II, Sensor Fusion & Autonomy, to design and integrate perception systems for seagliders, enabling robust environmental awareness and internal state estimation.

You will lead prototyping, sensor evaluations, and integration into operational vehicles, while coordinating data collection, simulation, and sea trials to validate software performance and reliability.