Mach Industries
Autonomy and Robotics Software Engineer
$125K–$220K
Huntington Beach, California, United States +3 · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Location
- Huntington Beach, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States
Huntington Beach, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years of equivalent practical experience as a software engineer is stated as an alternative to the listed degrees; no additional years specified.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations. Employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive export-controlled software or technology without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Designs, builds, tests, and deploys autonomy software for defense platforms operating in contested environments where positioning and sensing may be degraded or unavailable.
What you'll do
- Develop and ship autonomy software across perception, localization, sensor fusion, navigation, planning, and mission autonomy.
- Take systems from prototype through simulation, hardware testing, flight testing, and deployment; analyze results to improve robustness.
- Integrate and optimize algorithms and models for real-time operation on embedded compute, working with hardware, sensing, flight test, and ML teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in a related field, or 3+ years of equivalent practical experience as a software engineer.
- Strong modern C++ on Linux and Python skills.
- Ability to take systems from research or prototype to reliable hardware deployment.
- Deep technical strength in at least one core autonomy domain and experience building and debugging real-world robotics, autonomy, or embedded software.
Nice to have
- Experience with state estimation, SLAM, VIO, GNSS/INS fusion, relocalization, or multi-sensor fusion.
- Experience training, fine-tuning, or deploying ML models for autonomy applications.
Pay
$125,000 — $160,000 USD (base salary); $165,000 — $220,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
C++, Linux, Python, RTOS
AI focus
Develops an AI-forward autonomy stack, including ML workflows and embedded inference; may involve training, fine-tuning, or deploying ML models for autonomy.
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