{"id":125939,"url":"https://alion.io/job/palantir-technologies-senior-software-engineer-autonomous-systems-2","title":"Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems","company":{"id":24,"name":"Palantir Technologies","domain":"palantir.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/palantir","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Lever","truth_index":{"grade":"C","score":61,"open_postings":235,"ghost_share":0.562,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":119,"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"}},"role":"Robotics","role_family":"Robotics","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Palo Alto, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":169000,"max_usd":338000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":208},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"LLM","optional":false},{"name":"C++","optional":true},{"name":"Java","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true},{"name":"Rust","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-22T19:46:17Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-07-22","last_verified_at":"2026-10-25T06:23:00Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":94,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":0,"flags":["company_stale"],"days_open":94},"description":"The Role\nWe are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a customer-facing product engineering team focused on developing advanced Command and Control (C2) and Agentic Autonomy Software for Autonomous Systems for use in operational and tactical missions. This role involves building, integrating, and deploying state-of-the-art software solutions that combine sensors, actuators, unmanned vehicles, and intelligent decision-making systems including self-hosted and commercial LLMs to enable users to employ and manage robotic and autonomous systems across a variety of mission sets. You will work alongside other experts in sensing, artificial intelligence, physics and simulations, user experience, and edge system engineering to build and deliver solutions that redefine complex military and civilian mission scenarios in the real world.\nAs a part of this team, you will contribute directly to the development of cloud and edge software to command and control autonomous systems, including interfacing with onboard sensors (radar, cameras, RF, and other modalities) and real-time kinetic and non-kinetic systems for individual and swarms of systems. You will work alongside other experts in sensing, artificial intelligence, and systems engineering to shape solutions that redefine complex area defense scenarios.\nCore Responsibilities\nDesign, implement, and optimize software for mission-critical autonomous systems using modern technologies and methodologies\nDevelop algorithms to process data from heterogeneous sensors for real-time state estimation and threat detection\nBuild LLM and AI-driven systems capable of assessing threats and rapidly making decisions to deploy responses to those threats\nDevelop integrations with a range of sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms\nEngineer scalable, reliable, and fail-safe systems capable of functioning in high-stakes environments\nPartner with multidisciplinary teams, including robotics experts, hardware engineers, and system integrators, to deliver integrated solutions\nWhat We Value\nProven experience in software development for autonomous systems, embedded systems, or robotics\nKnowledge of AI/ML, sensor processing, or swarm behaviors is highly desirable\nKnowledge of LLM toolchains and implementation of agents into complex real time data workflows\nAbility to manage complexity, optimize for performance, and think critically under pressure\nExperience deploying and maintaining robust production systems\nWhat We Require\n5+ years of professional software development experience\n2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems\n2+ years of experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team\nStrong proficiency in Rust, Python, C++, or Java\nBachelor's/Master's/PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related fields\nActive US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance","description_format":"text","description_chars":3017,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Data Integration & ETL Tools","Decision Intelligence","Defense AI"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-07-22T19:46:17Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-21T15:23:47Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-10-22T00:21:30Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 207 · green card filings: 38","filings_12m":207,"filings_prev_12m":125,"green_card_filings_12m":38,"median_offered_wage_usd":150949,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":74}],"liveness":{"score":21,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.355,"p_room":0.6,"age_days":94,"expected_fill_days":119,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","evergreen","velocity","win:late","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/palantir-technologies-senior-software-engineer-autonomous-systems-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/palantir-technologies-senior-software-engineer-autonomous-systems-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-25T08:39:57Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":12286,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":24},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=24"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fpalantir-technologies-senior-software-engineer-autonomous-systems-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fpalantir-technologies-senior-software-engineer-autonomous-systems-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fpalantir-technologies-senior-software-engineer-autonomous-systems-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/palantir-technologies-senior-software-engineer-autonomous-systems-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fpalantir-technologies-senior-software-engineer-autonomous-systems-2"}]}