Software Developer, Senior

Cellula is looking to add a Senior Software Developer to its Engineering team to support product development and project delivery.

Cellula Robotics Ltd. is a world-leading marine technology company focused on changing the paradigm of subsea survey, science and security through modular, long range, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) systems. Our company is growing and is transitioning from building mostly one-of-a-kind prototypes to completing the development of our four core products and will be delivering multiples of those products to our customers. Our products are configured for each client to deliver required capabilities to the end-user. We are committed to producing sustainable solutions for the defense, mineral exploration, and energy sectors driven by innovation and industry knowledge. We’re looking for enthusiastic and energetic people to join us in this growth and transition.

At Cellula we believe in collaboration, innovation, adaptability and reliability. These values are woven through all our products and how we do business. Our products are designed to be solutions to the challenges and capability needs of our clients, which often requires developing new capabilities and subsystems unique to a particular application. These systems are designed, built, and tested in-house by a skilled team of engineers, technicians, and support staff. People are at the heart of our business, and we pride ourselves on having a team-based workplace and building partnerships to solve the most difficult challenges in ocean technology. We believe in learning and innovating by doing. We send staff along with our products into the field to learn from our clients which informs our innovation.

As a Senior Software Developer, you’ll leave your mark across Cellula’s products and leverage your experience to improve and shape how we do software development. As a Senior Software Developer, you’ll take ownership for a product or system’s design, how it works, is built, tested, and supported. You’ll foster a positive team culture while providing leadership, mentorship, and oversight to junior engineers in their design efforts. You’ll also be responsible for creating, reviewing & approving software development content, and championing organizational improvements where you see a need. We expect our senior team members to become the “go to” experts in their areas of experience and become subject matter experts in AUVs and other subsea technologies. The ideal candidate has experience in subsea technology such as AUVs, acoustics, ROVs, or similar systems, or has experience in adjacent industries like robotics or other low volume high mix engineering where systems have undergone the transition from prototype to product.

As a company, we offer team members a chance to grow professionally. Our office is a casual, collaborative environment where you will be able to learn about our state-of-the-art systems from technical experts. We’re excited for you to contribute your experience and make a positive impact on how we grow. In addition, we offer flexible work hours, benefits, and competitive compensation. This position is primarily an on-site position with some limited flexibility for remote work.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Define requirements and specification for software functionality and behaviors.
• Design software architecture, algorithms, and user and device interfaces to support autonomous operations and mission execution
• Analyze software performance, reliability, and scalability through testing and simulation.
• Develop, integrate, and manage software for in-water autonomous operation, mission planning, and human machine interaction
• Define and conduct software testing, including unit testing, integration testing, and validation against simulated and real-world scenarios.
• Provide technical support for software applications, including bug fixes, feature enhancements, and operator training.
• Coordinate development with multi-disciplinary teams to contribute to product and platform development.
• Software configuration management, revision control, quality management, and DevOps.
• Assist in overall vehicle system integration, troubleshooting, and testing.
• Identify applicable codes and standards and ensure Cellula products are compliant.
• Provide technical and testing support through all phases of a project.
• Create documentation and training material and provide training to Cellula team members and clients.
• Train and mentor junior developers and engineers.
• Review and approve work done by junior team members.

Required Skills & Experience

• Degree in related field
• Minimum 7 years working experience in a relevant or related field.
• Working experience developing software for hardware applications.
• Proficient with Real-time Linux, bash, ROS1, ROS2, C++, Python, development and target environments.
• Working experience implementing real-time software.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Software configuration management experience.
• Technical documentation: specifications, requirements, design documents, test plans/reports, operator manuals etc.
• Ability to manage multiple complex technical projects simultaneously.
• Proven ability to create design schedules and lead teams to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor junior team members.
• Analytical, thorough, resourceful, and detail oriented.
• Team and customer service focused.
• Self-motivated, hardworking, flexible.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience in the subsea industry.
• Experience with unmanned underwater vehicle system design.
• Experience operating and piloting unmanned underwater vehicles.
• Robotics systems design experience.
• Firmware/Arduino development experience.
• Experience working with and interfacing to subsea sensors such as sonar, cameras, lidar, etc.
• LUA programming experience.
• GPU programming experience.
• Cybersecurity experience.
• Experience with NI LabVIEW and MATLAB Simulink
• Registered P.Eng. with EGBC
• ISO9001 quality control.

Please include a cover letter as part of your application.

Reports to: Software Engineering Manager

Position type: Full time

Location: Burnaby, British Columbia