Autonomy Software Engineer in Hamburg

Sea Machines is a fast-growing startup specializing in autonomous technology for marine vessels. We’re passionate about applying practical A.I. to the massive global ocean transportation market. Our products provide ships and workboats the intelligence to work remotely and give maritime operators the tools to effectively communicate with them. Based in Boston and operating globally, the company is crewed by an experienced team of mariners, engineers, coders, and autonomy scientists.

Job Summary

We are seeking an Autonomy Software Engineer to join existing software team working on advanced autonomy software for our marine product. The candidate will work closely with the user interface team, system team, artificial intelligence team, and customer support team. This position is in Hamburg, Germany. It is expected candidate will work closely with Boston teams and support our Hamburg team.

This position reports to Sr. Director of Software Engineering.


Responsibilities and Duties

  • Develop, test and integrate advanced software for marine vessel autonomy.
  • Test, debug, and maintain reliable, safe, and production quality code.
  • Maintain software documentation and assist in the development of user documentation.
  • Participate in field testing & trials.
  • Work closely with customer support team and resolve customer issues.
  • Participate daily scrum meetings with Boston teams.
  • Work cross-functionally with technical teams developing autonomy, communications, perception, system interfaces and hardware to execute functional testing, system integration verification and performance validation on new products in automated simulation and in vessel trials.