# Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning at Saildrone

- Company: Saildrone
- What the company does: Saildrone is a maritime defense company that builds autonomous systems to give decision-makers and warfighters the enduring advantage to outpace adversaries. Backed by Lux.
- Company website: https://saildrone.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Alameda, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-06-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.saildrone.com/careers/available-jobs?gh_jid=4266216009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/saildrone-staff-software-engineer-machine-learning/

## About the role

Saildrone’s manufacturing and R&D headquarters are located in Alameda, CA, with business development and sales operations in Washington, DC, and deployment hubs in Europe and the Middle East. By combining proven autonomous operations, edge computing, advanced sensing, renewable power, and the most advanced and robust unmanned surface technology on the planet, Saildrone is shaping how the Navy of the future operates.

## What they're looking for

- BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, as required for the design of complex autonomous systems
- 10+ years of experience in Machine Learning or Software Engineering, performing work related to the full ML lifecycle, from cloud-based training to edge deployment
- Serve as a technical authority for edge AI systems operating in mission-critical environments
- Track record of leading cross-functional technical initiatives in autonomy, robotics, defense, or large-scale distributed systems
- Demonstrated proficiency in Python, ML frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow), and runtime libraries (TensorRT) required to deploy performant computer vision and sensor fusion models
- Experience making system-level architecture and modeling decisions under high ambiguity, balancing performance, reliability, and compute constraints in real-world deployed ML systems

Tags: Software