Senior Robotics Software Engineer at Heaviside Industries in Los Angeles
- Company: Heaviside Industries
- Location: Los Angeles
- Posted: Sep 17, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Salary: $185,000 - $240,000
- Experience: 6+ years
Overview
Application • Develop robotics and embedded software using C++ and Python. • Build and integrate applications using ROS and PX4. • Integrate sensors, actuators, and communication interfaces. • Develop and improve control, navigation, and autonomous capabilities.
Job description
- Application
Responsibilities
- • Develop robotics and embedded software using C++ and Python.
- • Build and integrate applications using ROS and PX4.
- • Integrate sensors, actuators, and communication interfaces.
- • Develop and improve control, navigation, and autonomous capabilities.
- • Troubleshoot issues across software and hardware.
- • Test and validate systems through simulation, bench testing, and field trials.
- • Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and technical documentation.
- • Work with the engineering team to take features from concept through deployment.
Requirements
- • Strong programming skills in C++ and practical experience with Python.
- • Hands-on experience with ROS and PX4; ROS 2 experience is preferred.
- • Experience developing and debugging software on Linux.
- • Familiarity with robotics fundamentals, including control systems, coordinate frames, and sensor integration.
- • Experience working with embedded systems and physical hardware.
- • Familiarity with Git and collaborative software development.
- • Experience with autonomous vehicles or mobile robots.
- • Knowledge of state estimation, sensor fusion, or motion planning.
- • Experience with simulation and automated testing.
- • Familiarity with MAVLink, DDS, or similar communication protocols.
- • Experience with computer vision or embedded computing platforms.
Skills
Required
- C++
- Python
- ROS
- PX4
- Linux
- Embedded systems
- Git
Preferred
- ROS 2
- Autonomous vehicles or mobile robots
- State estimation
- Sensor fusion
- Motion planning
- Simulation and automated testing
- MAVLink
- DDS
Benefits
- SW Eng
- $185 – $240,000 • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
- Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
About Heaviside Industries
Heaviside Industries builds multi-domain autonomous precision munitions for U.S. and allied special operations and conventional forces. While modern warfare has rapidly evolved with the proliferation of unmanned systems, hyper-precise munitions in contested environments are the future of the battlefield. Economical precision strike capabilities are critical to U.S. and allied war efforts, enabling successful defeat of enemy military assets and infrastructure. Heaviside builds precision munitions designed to operate in GPS-denied and spectrum-jammed battlefields—where traditional systems degrade or fail—without inflated prices or sacrifice to performance. All engineering and manufacturing is conducted in-house in Heaviside's Los Angeles, CA headquarters and Oslo, Norway office. Heaviside is backed by Felicis, Hedosophia, Interlagos, Friends & Family Capital, Menlo Ventures, Flume Ventures, Cantos, and others.