Maritime Robotics Software Systems Engineer (Hybrid + Equity)

Borel Educational Consulting Services; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Borel Educational Consulting Services partners with a venture-backed maritime technology company to hire a Robotics Software Systems Engineer. Hybrid role with three days onsite in Arlington, VA and two days remote; you will build software for a distributed edge sensing platform deployed on vessels worldwide.

You will work across robotics, real-time sensing, and distributed systems, integrating infrared imaging, cameras, GPS, IMUs, radar, and other sensors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 4 years of experience developing production-quality robotics, embedded systems, or distributed software.
• Strong programming experience in Python and C.
• Extensive development experience in Linux environments.
• Hands-on experience with infrared sensing systems such as FLIR or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain core system software for sensor control, data acquisition, and stream management.
• Develop and optimize software for infrared imaging systems and sensor integration.
• Build robotics control software for camera systems, stabilization, and tracking functions.
• Enhance inter-process communication frameworks using ROS2.
• Integrate data inputs from infrared cameras, GPS, IMU, radar, lidar, cameras, and other sensors.
• Optimize data transmission pipelines over constrained bandwidth such as satellite uplinks.

Skills

Python

C

Linux

ROS2

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Robotics / Electrical / Computer Engineering

Tools

IR imaging (FLIR)

GPS

IMU

Cameras / Lidar / Radar

SDR (optional)

Job description

Borel Educational Consulting Services partners with a venture-backed maritime technology company to hire a Robotics Software Systems Engineer. Hybrid role with three days onsite in Arlington, VA and two days remote; you will build software for a distributed edge sensing platform deployed on vessels worldwide.

You will work across robotics, real-time sensing, and distributed systems, integrating infrared imaging, cameras, GPS, IMUs, radar, and other sensors.