Robotics Software Engineer

About Us

Zydro Marine Technologies is a venture-backed startup creating "The Geospatial Toolkit for Maritime". We're building the end-to-end ecosystem to collect, process & distribute nautical charts and other geospatial products for mission-critical usage across maritime autonomy, fleet management, and navigation applications.

We're a growing team of experts in geospatial data, marine robotics, and command & control software, and we're looking for talented, driven candidates to join us! If you love building beautiful maps, wrangling data sources, developing & testing unmanned systems, or hanging out on boats... this is the job for you.

The Role

We’re hiring a Robotics Software Engineer to help develop a new platform for automated maritime survey and ISR data collection. In this role, you will design, build, integrate, and test software and hardware systems on unmanned maritime platforms.

We’re looking for a generalist robotics engineer with strong software fundamentals, hands-on hardware integration experience, and solid systems engineering skillset. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building real-world robotic systems that operate in challenging, unstructured environments outside the lab.

What You'll Do

Design, develop and test software for unmanned maritime robotic systems

Develop and maintain autonomy software using frameworks such as ROS or MOOS-IvP

Interface with lower-level flight controllers such as ArduPilot or PX4

Develop and tune vehicle guidance, navigation & control algorithms

Integrate sensors, payloads, compute, networking, and actuators

Develop software interfaces to devices using CAN-bus, NMEA 2000, J1939, MAVLink, etc.

Develop algorithms for simultaneous localization & mapping (SLAM) and multi-target tracking

Build tools for system diagnostics, logging, monitoring, replay, and post-mission analysis

Debug complex software and system integration issues in both lab and field environments

Deploy to the field to support field testing and iterative product development

Collaborate with a larger team to design a unified hardware and software architecture

Required Qualifications

3–5+ years of professional software development or robotics engineering experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or similar software or engineering background.

Programming experience in C++, Python, Rust, or similar systems-oriented languages

Strong familiarity with Linux-based systems and command-line tools

Experience integrating hardware, sensors, and embedded devices into production systems

Experience with vehicle and embedded communications protocols such as CAN, NMEA 2000, J1939, MAVLink, serial, or Ethernet

Familiarity with robotics frameworks such as ROS, ROS 2, MOOS-IvP, ArduPilot, or similar

Comfortable working across software, electrical, mechanical, and operational disciplines

Experience using Git and modern software development workflows

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with maritime robotics or autonomous vehicle systems

Experience deploying robotic systems in field environments

Experience with embedded Linux, RTOS-based systems, or firmware development

Experience integrating navigation, perception, or mission sensors

Experience with simulation, automated testing, or hardware-in-the-loop testing

Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD, and deployment workflows

Ability to read electrical schematics and troubleshoot hardware systems

Basic CAD or mechanical design experience

Comfortable supporting field operations and testing on a boat; able and willing to travel