Staff Engineer: Autonomous Navigation & State Estimation

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Remote is seeking a software engineer to advance state estimation and navigation for autonomous systems. You will design C++ software for embedded robotics, develop rigorous tests, and enhance modeling and simulation tools for inertial and vision‑based navigation.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary autonomy team to plan features, decompose work, and validate performance. A strong MS degree in a related field and hands‑on experience with EKF/UKF, VIO/SLAM, and embedded Linux are

Qualifications

• M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, or related field; 2+ years experience with MS degree, or 0 years for new Ph.D.
• Proficient in modern C++ (C++11+) and object‑oriented design.
• Hands‑on experience deploying low‑latency C++ on embedded Linux.
• Experience designing and implementing state estimation algorithms (EKF/UKF/Particle filters).
• Familiarity with VIO, SLAM, or multi‑sensor fusion frameworks (GTSAM/Ceres/OpenVINS).
• Strong CI pipelines and automated testing for C++.
• Ability to deploy high‑reliability code for real‑world autonomous systems.
• Familiarity with prototyping in Python or MATLAB is welcome, but production C++ skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop state estimation and navigation algorithms for resilient autonomy in GPS‑denied environments.
• Design and deploy production‑grade C++ software for embedded robotic systems in dynamic environments.
• Build and maintain unit, integration, and system tests for robustness and safety.
• Develop modeling, calibration, and simulation tools for inertial and vision‑based navigation.
• Contribute to roadmap planning, feature decomposition, and agile execution with autonomy engineers.
• Improve benchmarking and validation pipelines to drive rapid innovation.

Skills

C++ (modern)

State estimation

OO design

Python

MATLAB

VIO/SLAM

CI pipelines

Education

M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, CS or related field

Tools

Embedded Linux

GTSAM

Ceres

OpenVINS

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Remote is seeking a software engineer to advance state estimation and navigation for autonomous systems. You will design C++ software for embedded robotics, develop rigorous tests, and enhance modeling and simulation tools for inertial and vision‑based navigation.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary autonomy team to plan features, decompose work, and validate performance. A strong MS degree in a related field and hands‑on experience with EKF/UKF, VIO/SLAM, and embedded Linux are