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We build laser weapons to shoot down drones.\nWe're a small team of engineers, former US military operators, and subject matter experts scaling America's directed energy dominance. The first cost effective, reliable and robust laser weapon system.\nOur namesake isn't an accident. Marcus Aurelius wrote about doing the work in front of you, every day, without excuses. Henry Ford didn't wait for permission to reinvent manufacturing. That's how we operate, small team, unreasonable output, no hiding behind the unachievable.\nIn addition to our San Francisco lab, we opened our Detroit manufacturing hub and field test weekly on our own 400-acre private range.\nThe Role and Your Impact:\n We need a Robotics Software Engineer who writes fast, correct C++ that runs on real hardware. You’ll work on the Archimedes stack alongside our Lead Software Engineer, taking raw sensor data and turning it into tracking, control and autonomy that has to work in real time. Performance and accuracy matter more than anything. Your scope grows as fast as you do; our Lead went from Founding Robotics Engineer to Lead in 12 months.\nWhat You’ll Own:\nProduction C++ across the stack: sensor ingestion, tracking, control and autonomy\n\nWorking directly with drivers and raw sensor data, not pre-packaged inputs\n\nThreading, process architecture and performance on the paths you own\n\nTiming and latency analysis, and making the fixes it points to\n\nPython tooling for testing, analysis and the range\n\nDebugging on hardware at weekly field tests\n\nWhat We’re Looking For:\n2+ years writing production C++ that runs on real hardware or real-time systems\n\nComfort below the abstraction layer: threading, concurrency, memory, performance profiling\n\nYou implement, not just design. You’ve shipped code you wrote\n\nEvidence you learn fast: you got effective in a new domain in months, not years\n\nWhere you probably come from: We’re domain agnostic. Robotics, AV, drones, aerospace, F1 or automotive, maritime, embedded systems, compilers, or low-level C++ game engine and 3D simulation work all fit. A robotics degree isn’t required; the robotics is learnable on the job.\nWe want to talk if: You’ve written C++ where latency or timing actually mattered and you measured it. Bonus if your projects touch motion planning, dynamics, trajectory optimization, or state estimation.\nNot a fit if: You’re web, backend or full stack; your C++ is light and your real work is in Python; you’ve never had a full-time role; or you design systems but don’t implement them.\nNice to Haves:\nROS2 (a good signal, though we've moved past it)\n\nRust or other systems languages\n\nSensor integration and calibration\n\nReal-time Linux\n\nEducation: BS, MS or PhD in CS, EE, Robotics or equivalent. Track record matters more than degree.\nHow You Operate:\nExtreme bias for action. You'd rather build a prototype tomorrow than model it for a month\n\nYou characterize your own systems before the field does\n\nComfortable with ambiguity and fast iteration in a startup environment\n\nYou debug from first principles, not intuition alone\n\nClear communicator across mechanical, electrical, optical, and software teams\n\nSelf directed. You identify what needs to happen next and do it without being told\n\nWhy Join Aurelius Systems:\nBuild more in 1 month than most engineers build in 1 year. We field test weekly. Your work goes downrange, not into a filing cabinet.\n\nCareer velocity is real. With no middle management, there are no layers between you and impact.\n\nWork on a problem that actually matters. Small cheap drones are changing warfare. Our laser systems are the asymmetric answer - infinite magazine, near zero cost per shot, scalable to every base, border, facility, and truck.\n\nJoin the densest defense startup ecosystem in the country. California is where the next generation of defense companies are being built.\n\nHow We Work:\nCore hours are Monday through Friday, 9 to 6. When we're sprinting toward a demo or field test, the team ramps up - nights, weekends, whatever it takes to ship. When the sprint lands, we ramp down. We don't manufacture intensity for show. If you've worked at SpaceX, against a mission-critical timeline, or on a racing team, you already know the rhythm.\nBenefits:\nCompetitive salary and equity\n\nUnited Health Care medical, dental, and vision coverage\n\nFlexible 18 days PTO plus 5 sick days\n\nTravel to field test events and range days\n\nCovered daily lunches and office snacks and drinks\n\nE-bike and scooter stipend up to $500\n\nDirect access to leadership and real ownership over your work\n\nExport Control Notice:\nThis role requires access to export-controlled information or items that require U.S. Person status. 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