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Robotics Software Engineer

Splash Inc. · El Segundo, CA, US · On-site

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About Splash Inc.

Autonomous patrol-boats for National Security. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

We're looking for a Robotics Software Engineer to help advance our autonomous maritime systems. Our autonomy stack is already deployed and operating in real-world environments—you'll help extend its capabilities, improve performance in increasingly challenging conditions, and scale collaborative autonomy from small coordinated teams to large, multi-domain autonomous operations.

What they're looking for

  • Strong experience with robotics, autonomous systems, or motion planning
  • Experience implementing mathematical path planning algorithms (A*, Graph Search, RRT, Potential Fields, MPC, or similar)
  • Strong software development skills in C++, Python, or similar languages
  • Experience developing on Linux-based embedded systems (Yocto experience is a plus)
  • Experience integrating multiple sensors such as cameras, radar, LiDAR, GPS, and IMUs
  • Understanding of localization, perception, navigation, and autonomous decision-making
More about this role

We're looking for a Robotics Software Engineer to help advance our autonomous maritime systems. Our autonomy stack is already deployed and operating in real-world environments—you'll help extend its capabilities, improve performance in increasingly challenging conditions, and scale collaborative autonomy from small coordinated teams to large, multi-domain autonomous operations.

We're a fast-paced engineering team that believes the best products are built by testing early, iterating often, and shipping quickly. Engineers have a high degree of ownership and work across the entire product lifecycle—from idea to deployment.

Field testing is a core part of how we build. We prefer to be on the water daily, validating new features, observing operators, and seeing our systems perform in real-world conditions. That direct connection between engineering and field operations helps us make better design decisions, move faster, and build products that solve real problems.

  • Improve and extend our existing autonomy stack for unmanned maritime systems.
  • Advance autonomous navigation in increasingly dynamic and congested waterways.
  • Improve path planning, decision making, and obstacle avoidance...

Read the full posting on Splash Inc.'s site ↗

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