Senior Perception Software Engineer: Real-Time Maritime Autonomy

SeaSatellites, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Competitive insurance

401k matching

Four free lunches per week

Employee activity fund

Pet-friendly office

Unlimited/Flex PTO

Job summary

Seasats is seeking a Senior Perception Software Engineer in San Diego to advance the perception stack for maritime autonomous vehicles. You will design and deploy perception algorithms that fuse radar, camera, and other sensor data in real time, optimizing for embedded hardware and field conditions.

You will integrate ML components with traditional methods, drive architectural decisions, and mentor a team across vehicle software. In-office role with competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 4+ years on perception problems in fielded systems.
• Deep experience processing real-time sensor data on embedded or compute-limited platforms.
• Proficiency in classical perception algorithms: clustering, segmentation, filtering, sensor fusion, and probabilistic tracking.
• Familiarity with modern computer vision models and ML-based components.
• Expert-level Python with NumPy, SciPy, OpenCV and performance profiling.
• Solid grounding in 3D geometry: coordinate frames and sensor calibration.
• Ability to architect subsystems, lead technical efforts, and mentor engineers.
• Strong technical communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of perception algorithms for detection, tracking, avoidance, and state estimation.
• Integrate ML models into the perception pipeline and evaluate fit against problems.
• Optimize code for real-time execution on embedded platforms.
• Build tests and expand simulation environments to rigorously evaluate algorithms and prevent regressions.
• Collaborate with vehicle software, UI, and operations teams to translate perception into actionable displays.
• Lead sensor selection and evaluation, balancing performance, power, and cost.
• Mentor teammates and elevate software engineering practices across the perception stack.
• See code deployed on water by testing and tuning algorithms at launch sites.

Skills

Perception algorithms

Sensor data processing

Python

ML integration

Embedded systems

C++

Real-time optimization

Probabilistic tracking

Team leadership

Scientific computing

Tools

ROS

CUDA

OpenCV

Job description

Seasats is seeking a Senior Perception Software Engineer in San Diego to advance the perception stack for maritime autonomous vehicles. You will design and deploy perception algorithms that fuse radar, camera, and other sensor data in real time, optimizing for embedded hardware and field conditions.

You will integrate ML components with traditional methods, drive architectural decisions, and mentor a team across vehicle software. In-office role with competitive salary and benefits.