Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems

Job overview

The Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems role is hybrid in Alameda, CA, with an annual base salary range of $210,000–$300,000. The role supports an autonomy engineering team building software for autonomous maritime vehicles. The engineer develops and deploys autonomy capabilities on physical vehicle hardware, contributing to safe vehicle operation and the ongoing development of the autonomy stack. The work spans perception, localization, planning, navigation, sensor integration, and validation through simulation, testing, telemetry, and real-world data.

What you'll do

• Design, implement, and deploy production autonomy software in C++ for onboard vehicle systems
• develop and integrate perception, localization, state estimation, planning, navigation, decision-making, and avoidance algorithms
• integrate radar, camera, and other sensor data
• build and maintain local and global planners
• optimize for accuracy, robustness, computational cost, latency, and reliability on onboard compute
• validate vehicle behavior using simulation, testing, telemetry, and real-world data
• build development and investigation tools, often in Python
• contribute to autonomy stack architecture and development.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

staff software engineer

autonomous systems

maritime vehicles

c++

robotics

sensor fusion

motion planning

embedded systems

hybrid

alameda ca

wintermeyer ventures

$210k–$300k/year

itar

no visa sponsorship

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or Green Card holders and eligible to work on ITAR-controlled programs; visa sponsorship is not available.

About the employer

Wintermeyer Ventures is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.