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Ocean data platform powered by autonomous sailing drones201-500 Employees
  • B2B
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Jobs at Saildrone

Do you like ocean-sized challenges? Then look no further... Saildrone is looking for experts with a passion to join our team at the Saildrone HQ in sunny Alameda, a short ferry-ride from San Francisco.
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Manufacturing Systems Integration & Test Engineer

NewPosted 7 days ago

Manufacturing Systems Integration & Test Engineer

  • Perform definition, documentation, and execution of test specifications for device-level components (including PCBs and sensors) and full-drone integration and validation workflows.
  • Be accountable for "End-of-Line" (EOL) testing protocols and production validation strategies to ensure every drone meets established safety and performance standards prior to sea trials.
In office • California
$144k – $170k
Engineering

Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience - Bazel

NewPosted 1 week ago

Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience - Bazel

  • Bazel Architecture: Design, evolve, and maintain Bazel-based build systems across our polyglot monorepo to achieve industry-leading build speeds and reliability across the entire Saildrone software stack.
  • Build Performance: Identify and resolve bottlenecks in remote caching, remote execution (RBE), ...
In office • California
$176k – $226k
Engineering

Senior Quality Engineer

NewPosted 2 weeks ago

Senior Quality Engineer

  • Lead cross-functional teams in root-cause investigations, data analysis, and containment activities to disposition non-conforming materials (MRB) and execute permanent Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
  • Own and maintain PFMEAs, Control Plans, inspection methods, visual standards, and Quality Alert...
In office • California
$125k – $148k
Engineering

Senior Engineering Manager, Perception

NewPosted 1 month ago

Senior Engineering Manager, Perception

  • Lead and scale an elite engineering team, providing high-impact technical mentorship and career development while remaining directly hands-on with core architecture, code reviews, and critical implementations.
  • Be accountable for the delivery, reliability, and edge performance of real-time perception soft...
In office • California
$259k – $305k
Engineering

Senior Software Engineer, Robotics

NewPosted 1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer, Robotics

  • Design, develop, and maintain core onboard C++ software systems to enable reliable navigation, telemetry, actuator control, and power system interfaces in long duration deployments.
  • Integrate new sensors and hardware subsystems to expand vehicle capabilities, ensuring accurate data acquisition, validation, and performance in constrained compute environments.
In office • California
$176k – $226k
Product

Product Manager, Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)

NewPosted 1 month ago

Product Manager, Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)

  • Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for Saildrone’s Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) product line, aligning long-term vision with operational mission needs and emerging threats.
  • Own end-to-end ISR product definition, including sensor selection guidance, data capture, fusion and processing requirements, and user-facing features across UI and API layers.
In office • California
$150k – $180k
Management

Director, Manufacturing Finance & Cost Accounting

NewPosted 2 months ago

Director, Manufacturing Finance & Cost Accounting

  • Lead the Manufacturing Finance, Fixed Assets and Cost Accounting organization, including hiring, mentoring, and developing a high-performing team.
  • Own standard costing methodologies, cost rollups, inventory valuation, variance analysis, and overhead allocation processes.
In office • California
$225k – $264k
Operations

Vice President, Manufacturing

NewPosted 2 months ago

Vice President, Manufacturing

  • Lead Saildrone's end-to-end manufacturing strategy: optimize in-house production for prototyping, core IP, and low-volume/high-complexity builds while global scaling contract partners for additional subsystems and platform requirements.
  • Implement rigorous Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5S, and Continuous Improvement methodologies ...
In office • California
$280k – $330k
Engineering

Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning

NewPosted 2 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning

  • Production & Mission Impact: Design and deploy production-grade ML models for real-time perception to detect, classify, and track high-value targets. Your work directly enables USVs to operate 24/7/365 in harsh, remote, and hostile maritime environments.
  • Edge Architecture & Autonomy: Own the full ML lifecycle architecture, ensuring models run r...
In office • California
$215k – $270k
Engineering

Staff Software Engineer, Perception

NewPosted 2 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Perception

  • Algorithm Development: Design, implement, and optimize perception algorithms (detect, track, classify) to achieve high-fidelity situational awareness in contested maritime environments.
  • System Architecture: Be accountable for high-performance C++ systems on NVIDIA Jetson/AGX platforms, ensuring ownership of the real-time "digital overwatch" stack.
In office • California
$215k – $270k
Engineering

Staff Software Engineer, Security

NewPosted 3 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Security

  • Designing, building, and operating automated security systems for our drones and shore-side infrastructure
  • Reviewing designs and code from other engineering teams, with an eye toward security defects
In office • Washington DC
$189k – $243k
Engineering

Senior Engineering Manager, Field Service

NewPosted 3 months ago

Senior Engineering Manager, Field Service

  • Perform technical watchfloor leadership and fleet overwatch to achieve 24/7 mission success, managing on-call rotations and ensuring high-stakes incident response across global deployments.
  • Be accountable for fleet reliability and uptime metrics (SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budgets), moving past superficial symptoms to identify and resolve systemic failures in embedded systems and networking.
In office • California
$149k – $198k
Engineering

Senior Engineering Manager, Technical Field Operations

NewPosted 3 months ago

Senior Engineering Manager, Technical Field Operations

  • Perform technical watchfloor leadership and fleet overwatch to achieve 24/7 mission success, managing on-call rotations and ensuring high-stakes incident response across global deployments.
  • Be accountable for fleet reliability and uptime metrics (SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budgets), moving past superficial symptoms to identify and resolve systemic failures in embedded systems and networking.
In office • California
$149k – $198k
Other Engineering

Senior Electrical Engineer

NewPosted 4 months ago

Senior Electrical Engineer

  • Perform architectural design of embedded electrical systems—including power distribution, SOC-based compute clusters, and sensor ingress—to meet stringent performance and ultra-low power budget targets.
  • Be accountable for the full hardware lifecycle, including ownership of high-density PCB layout ...
In office • California
$135k – $159k
Engineering

Director of Robotics Software

NewPosted 5 months ago

Director of Robotics Software

  • Establish a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and engineering excellence across the robotics organization.
  • Build and mentor a strong leadership bench, specifically managing managers and senior technical leaders within core robotics software, navigation/autonomy, perception, ML, and build/release.
In office • California
$210k – $270k
Other Engineering

Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering

NewPosted 5 months ago

Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering

  • Mechanical System Design: Lead the design of electro-mechanical sub-assemblies—including actuation (servos), propulsion, structures (composites), and environmental enclosures—to meet performance, reliability, and maritime survival targets.
  • BOM & Configuration Management: Be accountable for the total vehicle Bill of Materials acro...
In office • California
$189k – $243k
Other

Technical Program Manager

NewPosted 7 months ago

Technical Program Manager

  • Lead program planning and delivery for Saildrone’s vehicle classes, aligning scope, schedule, and resources across engineering teams.
  • Partner with Mechanical, Electrical, Firmware, and Software leads to ensure integration and readiness for each vehicle build.
In office • California
$150k – $200k
Engineering

Senior Manager, Embedded Linux & Infrastructure

NewPosted 8 months ago

Senior Manager, Embedded Linux & Infrastructure

  • Linux OS and driver code integration for core and payload computes on the drone
  • Integration for Nvidia embedded systems
In office • California
$199k – $256k
Other Engineering

Senior Mechanical Engineering Manager

NewPosted 9 months ago

Senior Mechanical Engineering Manager

  • Lead the mechanical engineering team, including assignment of work, priority setting, and daily technical support.
  • Define and enforce mechanical engineering quality standards, workflows, documentation practices, and release processes.
In office • California
$189k – $243k
Engineering

Staff Software Engineer - Platform

NewPosted 1 year ago

Staff Software Engineer - Platform

  • 7+ years of professional software development experience
  • BA/BS in related field or equivalent experience
In office • California
$149k – $198k
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