Essential Skills and Characteristics

Self-starting and self-motivated person comfortable with a small team environment.

C++ programming.

Unix-like operating system fluency.

Pub/sub robotic middleware experience.

Version control software such as Git or SVN.

A well-qualified candidate will have additional skills in at least one of these areas.

Python for data analysis.

Javascript/NodeJS for client- and server-side support.

Experience with GSM, Iridium, or BGAN communications.

Marine autonomy.

Understanding of computer-controlled electrical equipment, electrical measurements capability for debug and problem solving including multimeters, scopes, bus analyzers, etc.

Bonus Skills

Experience near shore water craft, especially sailboats.

General IT management and debug skills

Experience with MOOS robot middleware

Familiarity with Google protobuf

Basic understanding of computer networking

Packaging software for Debian/Ubuntu

Building systems with Yocto

Experience with Postgres/PostGIS