Software Engineer - Marine Autonomy
13 days ago
Houston
Job DescriptionENGINEERS WANTED for hazardous journey. Small wages, high voltages, long hours of difficult technical work, safe career choice doubtful. Riches and Glory in case of success. JOB DESCRIPTION In this role, you will work with a fast-paced multidisciplinary team to build marine autonomy systems from concept through delivery. Fleetzero's development culture is test-heavy, with multiple iterations preferred over attempts at initial perfection. Responsibilities • Design, build, and deploy marine autonomy systems, including algorithms, GNC, DP, and communication systems, • Shepherd systems from prototyping, through maturity, • Interface with naval architects, marine engineers, electrical hardware engineers, embedded developers, and technicians in designing, building, testing, and deploying autonomous vessels, • Guide overall architecture development, • Develop modeling & simulation environments to test code rapidly, • Be present for physical tests and deployments on the waterQualifications, • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics, or related field, • 3+ years working with multiple relevant coding languages such as Python, Java, C++, C, Rust, JavaScript, etc., • Experience developing software for autonomy in air, marine, or land domains, through school, industry, or impressive & relevant personal projects, • An ability and desire to build sophisticated software iteratively from both a clean slate and from existing code basesBonus Qualifications, • Background in motion planning, robotics, or marine autonomy, • Experience with Marine DP algorithms, • Experience with Marine Classification Societies, • Understanding of navigation (GPS systems, spherical trigonometry, celestial navigation, etc.) Fleetzero does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.