Quick Insights
Level
Senior
Pace
Fast and uneven; some weeks calm, others brutal around deployments or field exercises
Job Description
Senior engineer on a new Palantir team building advanced autonomous defense systems. You design software that fuses sensor data and drives AI-powered decision making for threat detection and response across drones, radars, and other effectors. Role is hybrid in Seattle.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and optimize software for mission-critical autonomous defense systems.
- Develop algorithms to process heterogeneous sensor data for real-time state estimation and threat detection.
- Build AI-driven systems that assess threats and trigger appropriate responses.
- Integrate software with a wide range of sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms.
- Engineer scalable, reliable, fail-safe systems for high-stakes environments.
- Collaborate with robotics, hardware, and systems engineering experts to deliver end-to-end solutions.
Benefits
Estimated salary range $145,000 – $200,000 per year, plus stock and potential sign-on bonus.Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents; basic life, AD&D, and disability coverage.Commuter benefits, relocation assistance, 401(k), paid parental leave, and broad time-off benefits including flexible PTO and year-end shutdown.Hybrid work policy; Palantir encourages in-office work but some flexibility exists depending on role.
Category
Robotics + AI