- Robot type
- Defense
- Location
- SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Mar 1, 2026
- Salary
- $145,000–$220,000 a year
Robotics Software Engineer
Job description
The future of defense will be decided by those who field intelligent machines at scale. At Scout AI, we’re developing Fury, the first robotic foundation model for defense, to give U.S. forces overwhelming, adaptable, and autonomous power across every domain. Fury enables human operators to command fleets of robots through natural language, and empowers those machines to sense, decide, and act together as one. This mission will ask everything of us: urgency, precision, and relentless work.
The Role We’re looking for a Robotics Software Engineer to design and build the software that powers intelligent robotic systems.
Job responsibilities
- Design and deploy software for advanced drone hardware, promoting autonomous flight capabilities and delivery operations
- Develop software for robotic perception, planning, and control
- Develop dynamic memory, communication, and tool use faculties for AI agents
- Build and maintain robotics infrastructure, simulation, and testing environments
- Integrate sensors such as cameras, LiDAR, and IMUs into robotic systems
- Implement and optimize algorithms for localization, mapping, and navigation
- Work on autonomy pipelines from perception to action
- Collaborate with hardware, AI, and product teams to ship robotic capabilities
Job requirements
- Strong programming skills in C++, Python, or similar languages
- Experience developing robotics systems or autonomy software
- Experience working with real-world robotics hardware or simulation environments
- Strong debugging and system-level problem-solving skills
- Ability to work across multiple layers of the robotics stack
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
- Passion about defense of the United States and its allies
- May be expected to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
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