Senior Robotics Engineer
Senior Robotics Engineer
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Location: Houston TX (Hybrid)
About Paladin Drones:
Paladin is revolutionizing public safety with autonomous drone technology. Our mission To be on the frontline of emergencies within 90 seconds. When someone dials 911 our drones take flight providing first responders with a real-time overhead view of the situation amplifying their situational awareness and hastening response times. Leveraging LTE for unlimited range and control our drones currently answer the call of duty over 1000 times weekly across multiple cities and states.
Our vision is ambitious: within the next decade our technology will be an essential tool for first responders in every city worldwide. As a tight-knit passionate and forward-thinking team we are committed to pushing the boundaries of UAV tech and making a monumental difference in a rapidly advancing domain.
Position Overview:Were hiring a Senior Robotics Software Engineer to join our growing autonomy team. This role is for an experienced engineer who can independently design and build production-grade robotics systems and who thrives in an environment where deep technical thinking and real-world execution go hand-in-hand.
Youll be expected to own key modules in our autonomy stack solve challenging problems across perception planning and systems integration and be a resource others turn to for technical clarity and mentorship.
Key Responsibilities
- Autonomy & Controls: Design implement and maintain modular real-time autonomy software powering our UAV platforms with a focus on navigation localization guidance and flight control in GPS-denied and dynamic environments.
- Perception & Mapping: Lead development of systems for localization SLAM tracking/following obstacle avoidance and spatial awareness leveraging sensor fusion computer vision and semantic understanding.
- System Architecture: Contribute to architectural design long-term planning and technical decision-making across the autonomy stack to ensure robustness scalability and maintainability.
- Integration & Testing: Deploy debug and validate robotic systems on physical drone hardware in both lab and field settings building tools and frameworks to improve simulation testing and deployment.
- Innovation: Stay ahead of robotics and autonomy research proposing and prototyping advanced features that translate into operational advantages.
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams (embedded cloud operations and product) to ensure seamless system performance and delivery.
- Mentorship & Leadership: Own critical software components and services ensuring high reliability and performance. Support other team members through technical mentorship design validation and deep debugging fostering growth and excellence within the robotics team.
- Code Quality: Write clean maintainable and testable code and participate in rigorous peer reviews to uphold high engineering standards
Qualifications
- Bachelors Masters or PhD in Robotics Computer Science Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- 5 years of hands-on experience in robotics or autonomous systems software.
- Proficiency in C and/or Python with a strong grasp of multithreaded and distributed systems.
- Experience building and scaling multi-service architectures (e.g. using ZMQ custom IPC etc.).
- Solid understanding of SLAM localization and perception-driven autonomy.
- Proven track record of taking systems from prototype production scaled deployment.
- Strong debugging skills and a self-sufficient problem-solving mindset.
Bonus Skills
- Experience with UAVs autonomous ground vehicles or mobile robots in real-world environments.
- Background in tracking/following visual navigation or real-time planning.
- Experience with GPU acceleration (CUDA TensorRT) or machine learning for perception.
- Exposure to 3D vision depth sensing or VI-SLAM systems.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health dental and vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
- Opportunity to grow with a mission-driven innovative company
- A collaborative and fast-paced work environment
Join Paladin Drones and contribute to the future of autonomous emergency response technology. Apply today to be part of an innovative team making a real-world impact!
Paladin Drones is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
