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Robotics Software Engineer

Splash Inc.· Engineering
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Hybrid (El Segundo, CA)$120k - $200kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Robotics Software Engineer (Autonomy) to advance autonomous maritime systems, extending an deployed autonomy stack, improving performance in dynamic environments, and scaling collaborative autonomy across fleets.

Responsibilities

  • 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 in complex real-world environments.
  • Help scale collaborative autonomy from today's small coordinated teams to large, heterogeneous fleets operating across maritime and multi-domain platforms.
  • Develop autonomy that enables operators to confidently manage increasingly capable autonomous teams.
  • Integrate heterogeneous sensor data to improve localization, perception, and autonomous decision-making.
  • Optimize autonomy software for reliable, low-latency execution on edge compute platforms.
  • Build robust deployment infrastructure for vehicles operating continuously in the field.
  • Collaborate closely with perception, controls, frontend, and hardware engineers to rapidly prototype, test, and deploy new capabilities.

Qualifications

  • 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.
  • Experience deploying and optimizing software on edge compute platforms.
  • Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, and modern software engineering practices.

Skills

Required:Robotics software developmentC++Python
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Splash Inc.

Autonomous patrol-boats for National Security

Splash is developing the next generation of autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) to provide National Security and defend critical assets such as oil rigs and shipping terminals. Our long-term vision is to make traditional naval vessels obsolete by creating a fleet of low-cost and versatile boats which will be able to dominate the seas. Our expertise in mass manufacturing, engineering and quickly scaling operations will make this vision a reality.

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