Jobs at Knightscope
Our long-term mission is to make the United States of America the safest country in the world, changing everything for everyone. Autonomous Data Machines (ADM) and our Knightscope Security Operations Center (KSOC) are part of the overall solution and we'd love to share more with you as we go make a huge impact on society! This is your chance to literally change the world for the better. Game on.
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Mission Intelligence Analyst
NewPosted 7 days ago
Mission Intelligence Analyst
- Providing consistent and constant alert and machine monitoring to provide excellent security and customer service resources for Knightscope clients
- Identifying and solving problems to improve the Mission Intelligence department
In office • Sunnyvale
Engineering
Vice President Software Engineering & AI
NewPosted 1 month ago
Vice President Software Engineering & AI
- Lead the insourcing of the Signals platform from external development partners – own the transition plan, the architecture, and the delivery without missing a beat in operations
- Assess, recruit and build a high-performing software, data and AI engineering organization – from individual contributors through engineering leaders
In office • Sunnyvale
$300k – $375kEngineering
Senior DevOps Engineer, Robotics
NewPosted 1 month ago
Senior DevOps Engineer, Robotics
- Build, operate, and continuously improve end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for a production robotics platform spanning autonomy, security perception, and embedded firmware stacks.
- Own the OTA update pipeline: multi-image container builds, staged fleet rollout, and rollback across heterogeneous hardware targets.
In office • Sunnyvale
$180k – $220kOther Engineering
Sr. Systems Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Sr. Systems Engineer
- Own the charging and docking program end to end — serve as the single point of technical accountability for all aspects of K7 charging and docking, on-grid first and off-grid solar to follow, from concept through field qualification.
- Own the electrical and power systems architecture — spanning plug-in (J1772) charging, wireless...
In office • Sunnyvale
$160k – $195kOther Engineering
Staff Engineer - Vehicle and Propulsion Architecture
NewPosted 1 month ago
Staff Engineer - Vehicle and Propulsion Architecture
- Own the top-level CAD assembly of a four-wheeled vehicle platform, with a strong emphasis on packaging, manufacturability, serviceability, cost and integration of key sub-systems.
- Own powertrain requirements definition, selection, interfaces, and hardware and software integration.
In office • Sunnyvale
$180k – $210kOther Engineering
Staff Engineer – Chassis and Motion Controls
NewPosted 1 month ago
Staff Engineer – Chassis and Motion Controls
- Design and develop braking, steering, wheel, tire, and suspension concepts that improve cost, mass, efficiency, manufacturability, and serviceability for an autonomous security robot
- Challenge existing requirements and define new ones for system sizing, functions, and features based on regulations, first principles, and product attributes
In office • Sunnyvale
$180k – $210kOther Engineering
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Product Development
NewPosted 2 months ago
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Product Development
- Drive mechanical design and integration across the H1, K1, and K7 programs through all phases of product development
- Evaluate and integrate electrical components across a range of product form factors.
In office • Sunnyvale
$170k – $185kOther Engineering
Cybersecurity Architect
NewPosted 2 months ago
Cybersecurity Architect
- Define and own Knightscope’s enterprise-wide Secure by Design framework – architectural patterns, security reference architectures, and ADRs applied from initial concept through production deployment.
- Lead threat modeling (STRIDE, PASTA, Attack Trees) and security architecture reviews for ASR em...
In office • Sunnyvale
$160k – $210kEngineering
Staff Robot Intelligence & Integration Engineer
NewPosted 2 months ago
Staff Robot Intelligence & Integration Engineer
- Own the full intelligence-to-action loop: from K7's raw detection stream through entity reasoning, world-state modeling, and incident hierarchy, to policy decisions that drive safe, bounded robot behavior.
- Design and maintain the canonical event contract: a single, normalized message shape across all...
In office • Sunnyvale
$240k – $275kOther Engineering
Senior Audio/Video Engineer
NewPosted 2 months ago
Senior Audio/Video Engineer
- Design, build, and maintain the end-to-end real-time video pipeline: WebRTC/RTSP/RTMP ingest, hardware-accelerated transcoding, and simultaneous multi-stream rendering for up to 10 concurrent robot video feeds.
- Architect and optimize GStreamer-based multi-branch pipelines for video capture, processing, re...
In office • Sunnyvale
$155k – $210kEngineering
Staff Perception Engineer – Robotics
NewPosted 2 months ago
Staff Perception Engineer – Robotics
- Design, train, and deploy 3D perception models, object detection, segmentation, and multi-object tracking, from multi-modal sensor data (LiDAR, camera, thermal, radar) using state-of-the-art BEV and transformer-based architectures.
- Own the end-to-end ML pipeline from large-scale data curation and annotation strategy through m...
In office • Sunnyvale
$240k – $275kEngineering
Senior AI/ML Engineer
NewPosted 2 months ago
Senior AI/ML Engineer
- Own and maintain the onboard detection pipeline running on the ICM across the new K1, H1, and K7 robots: Deep Stream multi-model architecture, YOLOv9/YOLO-family detection models for people, vehicle, license plate, and face detection, GPU-accelerated inference on NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Xavier.
- Optimize edge inference performance: model quantization (INT8/FP16), Tensor RT engine compilati...
In office • Sunnyvale
$140k – $175kEngineering
Senior Full Stack Engineer
NewPosted 2 months ago
Senior Full Stack Engineer
- Design and build scalable RESTful and GraphQL APIs supporting live media pipelines, alert management, reporting, investigation workflows, and 3D digital twin data feeds.
- Develop highly responsive, accessible web interfaces for the Signals platform — including real-time dashboards, alert management views, investigation workspaces, and multi-stream video review with timeline scrubbing, frame-based navigation, and playback controls.
In office • Sunnyvale
$185k – $250kEngineering
ECD Chief Program Engineer
NewPosted 2 months ago
ECD Chief Program Engineer
- Serve as the single point of accountability for all technical aspects of the ECD product line: Blue Light Tower, Blue Light Emergency Phone, Call Box, and Retrofit Kit.
- Lead new product development for the next generation Retrofit Kit – from concept through validation, regulatory approvals, and production ramp – including integration with the Knightscope Signals platform.
In office • Sunnyvale
$150k – $180kEngineering
Mid/Senior Software Engineer, Product Development
NewPosted 2 months ago
Mid/Senior Software Engineer, Product Development
- Experience with RFID/NFC protocols (ISO 14443, ISO 18000, EPC Gen2)
- Familiarity with serial communication (UART, SPI, I2C) to talk to readers
In office • Sunnyvale
$150k – $180kEngineering
Mid/Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Product Development
NewPosted 2 months ago
Mid/Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Product Development
- Interface with IMU chip (gyroscope/accelerometer) via SPI or I2C communication protocols
- Read, parse, and timestamp raw IMU sensor data in real time
In office • Sunnyvale
$150k – $180kEngineering
Cybersecurity Code Test Engineer
NewPosted 2 months ago
Cybersecurity Code Test Engineer
- Location Requirement: Full-time, on-site at Sunnyvale HQ
- SSDF Alignment — Operationalize and validate engineering practices against NIST SP 800-218 to ensure product resilience, supply chain integrity, and regulatory compliance. Participate in threat modeling early in the product lifecycle to establish security test plans.
In office • Sunnyvale
$155k – $195kOther Engineering
Mechanical Engineer, Product Development
NewPosted 3 months ago
Mechanical Engineer, Product Development
- Support mechanical design and integration for the H1 wearable platform and K1/K1H robot platforms across prototype phases of product development
- Evaluate and integrate electrical components into wearable and robotic configurations.
In office • Sunnyvale
$110k – $125kEngineering
Principal Engineer
NewPosted 4 months ago
Principal Engineer
- Own and evolve the end-to-end system architecture for the Signals platform, including its microservices, real-time data pipelines, APIs, and front-end integration layer.
- Design and document scalable, secure architecture patterns for multi-sensor data ingestion (video, audio, LiDAR, thermal, telemetry) from K1, K5, K7 robots and third-party devices.
In office • Sunnyvale
$180k – $230kManagement
Cybersecurity Director
NewPosted 4 months ago
Cybersecurity Director
- Define and execute the company-wide cybersecurity vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap.
- Align cybersecurity initiatives with business objectives, product development, and go-to-market strategy.
In office • Sunnyvale
$200k – $260k