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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - **Company:** Saildrone, Inc. - **Location:** United States - **Salary:** $144,500.0 - $322,742.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Hardware Design, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Software Systems, Systems Integration, Low Latency - **Published:** September 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/software-engineer-autonomous-systems-saildrone-company-10151122 ## About the Role * Strong C++ software engineering skills and experience building production-quality software. * Hands-on experience developing software for autonomous systems, robotics, or other complex physical systems. * Deep technical expertise in at least one area of autonomy, such as perception, localization, state estimation, planning, navigation, controls, or decision-making. * Strong understanding of the algorithms and engineering tradeoffs relevant to autonomous systems. * Experience integrating algorithms into larger software systems and debugging behavior using real-world data. * Ability to reason about system behavior, performance, and reliability rather than treating algorithms as isolated components. * Experience developing and validating software that ultimately runs on real hardware., * Experience with autonomous vehicles, aerospace, defense, maritime systems, or other safety- or mission-critical applications. * Experience with real-time or resource-constrained systems. * Experience taking autonomy software through simulation, hardware integration, and field testing. * Experience with Python for analysis, experimentation, or tooling. ## Description Saildrone is building autonomous maritime systems that must perceive, reason about, and respond to the physical world without continuous human intervention. As a Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems, you will develop the software that turns autonomy algorithms into reliable capabilities running on real vehicles. You will work across the autonomy stack, applying strong software engineering and robotics expertise to problems such as perception, localization, planning, decision-making, and vehicle behavior. The work spans algorithm implementation, system integration, testing, and field validation, with the opportunity to work on autonomous systems operating for long periods in challenging environments far from human operators., * Design, implement, and deploy production autonomy software in C++. * Develop and integrate algorithms for autonomous perception, localization, planning, navigation, decision-making, or vehicle behavior. * Evaluate algorithmic approaches and make practical tradeoffs among accuracy, robustness, computational cost, latency, and reliability. * Integrate autonomy software with sensors, vehicle systems, and other components of the autonomous system. * Use simulation, testing, telemetry, and real-world vehicle data to validate behavior and diagnose failures. * Improve the robustness and performance of autonomous capabilities as they move from development into fielded systems. * Contribute to the architecture and evolution of Saildrone's next-generation autonomy stack. ## Related Videos - [Swapping Low Latency Data Storage Under High Load](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/746-swapping-low-latency-data-storage-under-high-load) - [Quantum Computing - The tiny and the big challenges](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/934-quantum-computing-the-tiny-and-the-big-challenges) - [Rethinking Intelligence: AI, Accessibility, and the Future of Inclusive Work - Artur Ortega](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1377-rethinking-intelligence-ai-accessibility-and-the-future-of-inclusive-work-artur-ortega) - [How to develop an autonomous car end-to-end: Robotic Drive and the mobility revolution](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/22-how-to-develop-an-autonomous-car-end-to-end-robotic-drive-and-the-mobility-revolution) - [Unleash the power of 5G in your code: transform your apps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1567-unleash-the-power-of-5g-in-your-code-transform-your-apps) - [Code to Road in < 12 hours](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1082-code-to-road-in-12-hours) ## Related Articles - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Software Engineer Career: Things You Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/143-software-engineer-career-things-you-should-know) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs)