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lidar jobs in San Diego

Posted 2 days ago

Lead opto-mechanical development for complex aerospace and space programs while managing a small engineering team. Balance hands-on technical ownership with team leadership, owning key design decisions, contributing to proposals, and engaging directly with customers.… Requires a mechanical engineering background with strong optical systems expertise and experience delivering complex aerospace or precision hardware systems, demonstrated in SolidWorks or Creo.

San DiegoLast seen 1 day ago
$129,500 – $194,300 · Posted 5 days ago

Senior software engineer role developing ADAS and autonomous driving software for Qualcomm's Snapdragon Ride platform. Responsibilities include designing sensor data acquisition systems (IMU, GPS, camera, radar, LiDAR), ensuring sensor synchronization, system-level benchmarking, and collaborating with vehicle integration teams.… Requires strong C++/C and Python proficiency, embedded systems experience, and expertise in safety-critical software development (ISO 26262, ASIL, ASPICE).

San DiegoLast seen 3 days ago
$122,800 – $184,200 · Posted 6 days ago

Senior Principal Software Engineer responsible for translating MATLAB LiDAR algorithms into high-performance GPU implementations using C++ and CUDA. Will create LiDAR software models and test datasets for software-in-the-loop testing, produce UML documentation, work with LiDAR hardware in a laboratory environment, and communicate results to multidisciplinary teams.… Requires strong C++ programming skills, GPGPU framework experience (CUDA or OpenCL), and MATLAB/Simulink proficiency, with a bachelor's in STEM plus 8 years of experience (or equivalent advanced degree with fewer years).

San DiegoLast seen 6 days ago
$104,190 – $160,000 · Posted 20 days ago

Lead small to mid-sized aerospace engineering projects from conception through completion, serving as primary client contact and managing scope, schedule, and budget. Oversee project staffing, cost tracking, supplier/subcontractor relationships, and technical issue resolution while mentoring junior engineers and fostering collaborative team environments.… Participate in proposal writing, establish technical approaches aligned with budget and schedule constraints, and may contribute directly to engineering tasks such as design, analysis, hardware build, or test. Drive continuous improvement in program management processes and methodologies.

San DiegoLast seen 18 days ago
$170,000 – $250,000 · Posted 1 month ago

Senior Staff Engineer responsible for leading complex UxS/UAS systems integration across hardware, software, autonomy, and operational test environments. Will define readiness criteria and test coverage for hardware-based autonomy validation, troubleshoot unmanned systems (flight controllers, radios, sensors, ground stations), and drive reusable test practices and field guidance across engineering and operations teams.… Requires 10+ years hands-on experience in UxS systems integration, robotics, autonomy testing, or flight test, with strong practical knowledge of Linux, embedded systems, autopilot ecosystems (PX4, ArduPilot, MAVLink, Pixhawk), and scripting/data-analysis tools (Python, Bash, MATLAB). Must lead through influence across cross-functional teams and communicate technical findings to diverse audiences.

San DiegoLast seen 1 month ago
$187,182 – $201,221 · Posted 1 month ago

Staff Software Engineer leading the architecture and evolution of core robotics software systems at Brain Corp, with primary ownership of the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), telemetry systems, and C++ middleware. The role involves re-architecting foundational software to improve modularity, scalability, and performance on autonomous mobile robots, including hardware bring-up for sensors (LiDARs, cameras, IMUs), middleware migration from Python to C++, and system optimization across latency, throughput, and resource efficiency.… This is a highly hands-on and strategic position requiring leadership of technical direction, mentorship of engineers, and close collaboration with hardware, autonomy, and applications teams. Requires 7+ years of software engineering experience with proven expertise in robotics systems, embedded platforms, or HAL design.

San DiegoLast seen 8 days ago
$184,974 – $268,400 · Posted 1 month ago

Lead ADAS R&D software engineering efforts for autonomous vehicle perception and decision systems at Qualcomm. Design, develop, and optimize embedded software blocks including deep-learning-based camera perception, lidar/radar perception, multi-sensor fusion, object tracking, behavior prediction, trajectory planning, and vehicle control.… Develop efficient middleware for sensor data sharing and SDKs enabling customer proof-of-concepts. Requires Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field plus 7 years of related experience.

San DiegoLast seen 1 month ago