Senior Autonomy Engineer - Drones & Warehouse Vision

Gather AI; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Gather AI is seeking a Staff Autonomy Engineer (Drone) to own the core autonomy software stack for our drone platform used in live warehouse environments. You will lead perception, localization, and scanning pipelines on vehicle-mounted hardware, working with hardware, field, and ML teams to ensure reliability and accuracy of inventory data.

This staff‑level IC role requires technical ownership, contributing to architecture and testing, and delivering robust software that performs in noisy,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with substantial autonomy/robotics exposure.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and Python for embedded or resource‑constrained platforms.
• Hands‑on experience with computer vision pipelines in real environments.
• Experience debugging deployed systems with log‑based analysis and field iteration.
• Ability to set technical direction and own end‑to‑end system ownership at Staff level.

Responsibilities

• Own the autonomy software stack for Gather products, including perception, localization, and inventory scanning pipelines on vehicle‑mounted embedded compute.
• Architect and guide the autonomy stack as products scale to more vehicle types and configurations; document and plan revisions.
• Design and implement algorithms for robust detection, localization, and mapping in dynamic warehouse environments.
• Collaborate with hardware, field deployments, and ML teams to diagnose issues using field data and logs.

Skills

7+ years software engineering

C++

Python

Embedded systems

Computer vision pipelines

Staff-level ownership

Tools

ROS2

Job description

Gather AI is seeking a Staff Autonomy Engineer (Drone) to own the core autonomy software stack for our drone platform used in live warehouse environments. You will lead perception, localization, and scanning pipelines on vehicle-mounted hardware, working with hardware, field, and ML teams to ensure reliability and accuracy of inventory data.

This staff‑level IC role requires technical ownership, contributing to architecture and testing, and delivering robust software that performs in noisy,