Fleetzero · 4 months ago
Software Engineer - Marine Autonomy
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expFleetzero is a company focused on developing marine autonomy systems, and they are seeking engineers to join their fast-paced multidisciplinary team. The role involves designing, building, and deploying marine autonomy systems, as well as collaborating with various engineering disciplines to ensure successful project delivery.
BatteryFreight ServiceMarine Transportation
Responsibilities
Design, build, and deploy marine autonomy systems, including algorithms, GNC, DP, and communication systems
Shepherd systems from prototyping, through maturity
Interface with naval architects, marine engineers, electrical hardware engineers, embedded developers, and technicians in designing, building, testing, and deploying autonomous vessels
Guide overall architecture development
Develop modeling & simulation environments to test code rapidly
Be present for physical tests and deployments on the water
Qualification
Required
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics, or related field
3+ years working with multiple relevant coding languages such as Python, Java, C++, C, Rust, JavaScript, etc
Experience developing software for autonomy in air, marine, or land domains, through school, industry, or impressive & relevant personal projects
An ability and desire to build sophisticated software iteratively from both a clean slate and from existing code bases
Preferred
Background in motion planning, robotics, or marine autonomy
Experience with Marine DP algorithms
Experience with Marine Classification Societies
Understanding of navigation (GPS systems, spherical trigonometry, celestial navigation, etc.)
Marine experience (naval architecture, marine engineering, AUV, ROV, etc.)
Benefits
Highly competitive equity grants are included in most full time offers and are considered part of Fleetzero's total compensation package.
Company
Fleetzero
Fleetzero is building battery electric cargo ships to affordably decarbonize ocean freight.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$15.5MKey Investors
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
2022-06-17Seed· $15.5M
Leadership Team
Michael Carter
Co-Founder
Steven Henderson
Co-Founder
Recent News
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2025-02-10
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