Underwater Robot Startup Seeks Engineer to Build Ocean Drones

A company that builds autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) is looking for a founding robotics engineer to take charge of autonomy. AUVs are like drones for the ocean—they can explore, inspect, and gather data without a human pilot. The company already has vehicles in the water and is now scaling up to operate multiple vehicles at once, which brings exciting engineering challenges. The ideal candidate has experience shipping robotics software on real hardware outdoors and is comfortable tackling everything from advanced algorithms to fixing a leaking connector in a single afternoon.

This matters because underwater robots are increasingly used for tasks like inspecting offshore wind farms, mapping the seafloor, monitoring marine life, and even finding sunken objects. A skilled engineer in this role could help make these operations safer, cheaper, and more efficient. The position is full-time or contract-to-start, remote-friendly with some field travel, and underwater experience is a plus but not required. It's a rare opportunity to work on tangible, physics-based problems with real impact.

For the right person, this is a chance to be a founding engineer and shape the technology from the ground up. The company is based in [location], though the job is remote-friendly. If you're interested, you can reply or DM with details of something you've built and your portfolio. This is a compelling role for anyone who loves robotics, the ocean, and solving hard problems.