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Mach Industries · 2 days ago

Software Engineer, Localization

Huntington Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Mach Industries is a rapidly growing defense technology company focused on developing next-generation autonomous defense platforms. The Software Engineer, Localization will design and implement state-of-the-art estimation and sensor-fusion algorithms for robust navigation across various product lines.

Drone ManagementIndustrialInfrastructureManufacturingNational Security

Responsibilities

Prototype and productionize vision navigation and targeting features end-to-end from sim to HITL to flight with production C++

Turn detections (EO/IR/RF/radar) into well-posed measurement models with latencies/covariances; make the estimator decision‑aware without corrupting state

Stabilize GNSS to VIO handover (adaptive covariances, gating, hysteresis, reset‑less alignment) to eliminate jumps and estimator resets

Build and optimize real-time software on Linux/embedded; profile CPU/GPU, vectorize hot paths; optional CUDA/TensorRT on Jetson hardware

Own calibration and time-sync across IMU/cameras/radar/LiDAR/GNSS; validate in flight

Create evaluation pipelines and dashboards for drift, handover stability, relocalization, track quality

Implement fault detection and graceful degradation for harsh conditions (blur, low‑light, vibration, RF denial)

Integrate global aids (maps, magnetics, radar) for long‑term consistency and loop‑closure robustness

Qualification

Modern C++SLAM/state estimationSensor integrationVision experiencePythonCUDA/TensorRTData validationDebuggingField testingRustDocker

Required

Stellar software ability: Modern C++ on Linux; Python for tooling/analysis; strong debugging, profiling, testing discipline

SLAM/state estimation: Error-state EKF/UKF, factor graphs, nonlinear least-squares (Ceres/GTSAM), observability and covariance tuning

Vision experience VIO/SLAM, camera models, optical flow/feature tracking; comfort with deep learning for detection/seg/pose (PyTorch) and on-edge deployment

Sensor integration: IMU strapdown and biases, GNSS/RTK; multi-camera, LiDAR, radar, magnetometer, barometer

Ship and fly: Proven research-to-production delivery and field testing on real platforms

5 years of experience with either a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical/Aerospace Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience