SWE, Robotics

About Us

Standard Subsea is a startup building unmanned systems for the offshore industry. We develop uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) that deploy tethered remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to inspect subsea pipelines, telecom cables, and offshore infrastructure. Our goal is to deliver reliable subsea awareness at a fraction of the cost of traditional crewed vessels.

The Role

We are hiring a Robotics Engineer to work hands-on across software, hardware, and system integration for our marine robotics platform. This is a generalist robotics role focused on making real systems work in the field—not an ML or data science position.

You will contribute to core robotics functionality including sensor integration, controls, communications, and actuator-level behavior on physical platforms. You’ll work closely with mechanical, electrical, and software engineers to turn prototypes into reliable, deployable systems.

This role is ideal for someone early in their career who has already built real robots and wants to own meaningful pieces of a production system.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robotics software in C++ and Python using ROS/ROS2

• Integrate and operate point cloud–producing sensors (lidar, radar, sonar) on physical systems

• Implement and debug robotics communication interfaces (CAN, serial, Ethernet, etc.)

• Build and maintain control logic including state machines, PID loops, and feedback control

• Work hands-on with motors, actuators, and low-level hardware interfaces

• Support system integration, bench testing, and field testing on real vehicles

• Collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, and test engineers to close integration gaps
  

Qualifications

• Degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or related field

• 1–2 years of industry or research experience post-graduation (or equivalent hands-on work)

• Strong proficiency in C++, Python, and modern ROS-based workflows

• Experience working with real robotic hardware, not just simulation

• Solid understanding of controls fundamentals and embedded system behavior

• Comfortable debugging across software, electrical, and mechanical boundaries
  

Bonus Points

• Personal, university, or side-project robotics work demonstrating end-to-end system ownership

• Experience developing across multiple compute architectures (x86, ARM, microcontrollers such as STM32)

• Familiarity with real-time systems and embedded programming

• Experience with maritime, surface, or underwater robotics (nice to have, not required)
  

What This Is Not

• Not an ML, perception-research, or data science role

• Not a purely academic or simulation-only position

• Not a narrow single-discipline job
  

You will be expected to touch real hardware, solve messy integration problems, and help ship working systems.