Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Onboard Software (Sensors)
Waabi - San Francisco, CA
Posted Sep 30, 2025
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- Salary
- $155K-$249K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
- 401(k) match
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Market context
- U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)
- $116,543 U.S. median for this role
- Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
- +9.8% - Much faster than average
73% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.
Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.
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- Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
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About this role
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Onboard Software (Sensors) San Francisco, CA 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
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