- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- IrvineCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Aug 19, 2026
Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Sentry Tower
Job description
The Sentry Tower Software team develops robotic systems that provide force protection capabilities, monitoring the perimeter of secure areas, land or sea, for approaching people, vehicles, and vessels. We live in a world where security officers are increasingly overwhelmed by sensor data feeds. Our products leverage advanced sensor fusion and autonomy to seamlessly render activity in the environment to Lattice’s common operating picture.
We’re looking for Software Engineer specializing in Robotics to join our growing team in Irvine, CA. As a Software Engineer on the Sentry Tower Product Team you will be responsible for building and maintaining software for current and next generation Sentry…
Job responsibilities
- Own feature development and roll out for our products - recent examples include: building out our SITL/HITL, implementing security requirements, integrating sensors like cameras, GPS, and ADSB, creating APIs for…
- Design, evaluate, and implement software that supports operation by both human and autonomous planning agents.
- Be responsible for service ownership, ensuring functionality, reliability, and alignment with customer objectives. This includes effective communication and a result oriented mindset.
- Submit well-documented, tested pull requests addressing the team’s critical issues. The ability to negotiate system design trade-offs in a technical, humble and open-minded manner is key.
- Architecture and scaling our custom real-time communication and middle-ware systems.
Job requirements
- Proficiency navigating the robotics system stack (integrating sensors, compute, and actuation), or deep expertise in low-level software and hardware interfacing.
- 4+ years working with Rust or C++.
- Solid grasp of networking principles, including CAN and Ethernet protocols, along with expertise in hardware interfacing, diagnostic tools (e.g., Wireshark, CANoe), and cyber security principles as they pertain to…
- Demonstrated experience in designing and building software solutions for high-volume data processing and sophisticated sensor data analysis.
- Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
- Experience with modern build systems (e.g., Nix, CMake) and setting up CI/CD pipelines.
- US person status required, with eligibility to obtain and maintain a US security clearance.
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