orca-ai
Orca AI Defense is seeking a Senior Robotics Algorithm Engineer to design and implement the core navigation and decision-making algorithms for autonomous maritime systems. The role involves developing global and local planning, collision avoidance, and mission-level decision logic to ensure safe vessel operations in dynamic, partially observable environments. This position requires taking algorithms from concept through field trials and optimizing performance in both simulation and real-world sea conditions.
Headquarters
London, England, United Kingdom
Company Size
11-50 employees
Founded
2018
Orca AI delivers an AI-powered situational awareness platform for maritime operations, combining ship sensors, cameras, radar, and AIS to detect and predict collision risks and other navigational hazards in real time. Using computer vision and deep learning, it automatically identifies vessels and objects, tracks trajectories, and issues actionable alerts and visualizations for bridge teams and shore-side operators. Designed for commercial shipping, passenger vessels, offshore and port operations, Orca AI aims to reduce human error, prevent accidents, and improve compliance and operational decision-making. Its solution can be retrofitted to existing vessels and supports post-incident analysis, training, and integration with onboard and shore-based systems.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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PhD in Marine Technology, Naval Architecture, Ocean Engineering, Control Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
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