Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Onboard Software (Sensors)
Waabi — Tracked from its lever job board
About the role
Robots need to see the world they live in to make informed decisions. The Onboard Sensors Team brings that sight to our robot trucks. We are currently growing our small group to support integrating, fielding, ruggedizing and productionizing our sensor systems to allow Waabi Driver to navigate roads and freeways - charting a new path forward in how freight is moved. We work with live vehicles everyday, learning how to best shape our sensor platform to fit our vision of the future. Come help us build the most reliable AV platform and have a great time doing it!
You will…
- Help shape the Waabi sensors platform as we scale from.
- Solve challenging integration issues across a number of sensor modalities (LIDAR, RADAR, cameras...).
- Deploy and debug software on real vehicles operating in the field daily.
- Integrate new types of sensors into existing and future onboard platforms.
- Work closely with multidisciplinary development teams to design and build innovative sensor solutions.
- Work closely with operations teams to understand live system behavior, resolve issues and form opinions on how we can mature our system going forward.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of industry experience working on fielded sensor systems (cameras, lidar, radar, GPS, IMU)
- Enjoy collaborating with large teams that span many disciplines from engineering to operations.
- Have a passion for developing efficient, readable and testable code.
- Expert level C\C++ or Rust (we use Rust) in resource constrained environments.
- Have, independently, lead engineering effort to solve critical systems problems.
- Have fielded and debugged Linux systems below the application level.
- Firm grasp of how time plays a role in coordinated systems.
- Passionate about self-driving technologies.
- Some electronics experience - ability to read a schematic and use basic test equipment.
What the index says about this role
- First seen by JobLarper — Aug 2, 2026, 6 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
- No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 1,685 indexed Software Engineer roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $185k and $285k, median $225k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Waabi.
- What Software Engineer roles ask for — across 10,230 indexed openings: REST/APIs (46%), Backend (42%), Cloud (38%), Python (38%), Go (25%).
- Waabi is hiring actively — 44 open roles indexed.
Derived from the 27,000 roles JobLarper indexes daily from official company boards — not from the job description above.
More open roles at Waabi
- Electrical Engineering Team LeadPittsburgh, PA · San Francisco, CA · Senior+
- Senior/Staff Electrical EngineerPittsburgh, PA · Senior+
- IT Systems AdministratorPittsburgh, PA · Mid
- Senior / Staff Research Engineer, Simulation Assets & Content SystemsToronto, ON · San Francisco, CA · Pittsburgh, PA · Remote US & Canada · Senior+
- Physical Infrastructure Engineer (On-premise)Dallas, TX · Pittsburgh, PA · Mid
- Senior IT AdministratorDallas, TX · Senior+
- Lead Technical Program Manager, Platform IntegrationToronto, ON · San Francisco, CA · Pittsburgh, PA · Remote US & Canada · Manager
- Platform Verification Engineer - Embedded SystemsSan Francisco, CA · Pittsburgh, PA · Mid
Similar Software Engineer roles at other companies
- Software Engineer, Google Cloud StorageGoogle · Raleigh, NC, USA · 4325 Glenwood Ave #1047k, Raleigh, NC 27612, USA · Durham, NC, USA
- Senior Software Engineer, Search Quality, AI/MLGoogle · New York, NY, USA
- Senior Software Engineer, Network InfrastructureGoogle · Sunnyvale, CA, USA
- Software Engineer, Early Career, CampusGoogle · Mountain View, CA, USA · Google Building 1395, 1395 Charleston Rd, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA · Cambridge, MA, USA
- Software Engineer, Security Command CenterGoogle · Kirkland, WA, USA
- Software Engineer III, Embedded Systems/Firmware, Power OptimizationGoogle · —
- Lead Software Engineer - O9 , ITCNike · Karnataka, India
- Senior Software Engineer, Global Converse, ITCNike · Karnataka, India
Browse all software engineer jobs in united states — 5,560 open roles across 845 companies.