Maritime Autonomy Systems Engineer

Saronic Technologies; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Time Off

Parental Leave

Competitive Salary

401(k) Retirement Plan

Stock Options

Life and Disability Insurance

Free lunch & unlimited drinks

Job summary

Saronic Technologies is seeking experienced Systems Software Engineers to develop software powering autonomous maritime systems. This role spans embedded, systems, and backend layers, interfacing with sensors, actuators, and onboard compute for mission-critical operations.

The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in Linux development, distributed real-time systems, and hardware-interfacing software, with experience in robotics or maritime platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience developing software for systems that interact with physical hardware.
• Strong understanding of Linux-based development environments.
• Experience with software architecture, debugging, testing, and performance optimization.
• Experience working on complex distributed, real-time, embedded, robotics, autonomy, aerospace, defense, maritime, automotive, industrial automation, or similar systems.
• Ability to operate effectively in cross-functional engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software for autonomous vehicle systems and supporting infrastructure.
• Build reliable, scalable, and maintainable software solutions across embedded, systems, and application layers.
• Develop software that interfaces with sensors, actuators, networking equipment, and onboard compute systems.
• Collaborate closely with electrical, mechanical, autonomy, perception, and field engineering teams.
• Optimize software performance, reliability, observability, and fault tolerance in mission-critical environments.
• Design and implement distributed services, communication frameworks, and data pipelines supporting autonomous operations.
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical decision-making across software and systems domains.
• Support testing, validation, deployment, and troubleshooting of software in both laboratory and field environments.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes, tooling, and development practices.

Skills

Systems software

Embedded software

Linux development

Distributed systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Job description

Saronic Technologies is seeking experienced Systems Software Engineers to develop software powering autonomous maritime systems. This role spans embedded, systems, and backend layers, interfacing with sensors, actuators, and onboard compute for mission-critical operations.

The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in Linux development, distributed real-time systems, and hardware-interfacing software, with experience in robotics or maritime platforms.