--- title: 'Senior Ground Software Engineer at Odin Dynamics, Inc' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-ground-software-engineer-odin-dynamics-inc-long-beach-8z8tb770vxrd' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-15' --- # Senior Ground Software Engineer at Odin Dynamics, Inc - **Company:** Odin Dynamics, Inc - **Location:** Long Beach, CA - **Compensation:** $140k–$220k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-08-07 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/odin-dynamics/fa546b82-08a4-4ff0-b233-a4b5d4f035eb ## Job description ## About Odin Dynamics Founded in 2025, Odin Dynamics is a defense technology company building autonomous underwater vehicles that will define the next era of undersea warfare. We are focused on delivering capable, resilient autonomous systems that strengthen the strategic advantage of the United States and its allied navies. We move fast, build real hardware, and operate with the urgency that the mission demands. We are building a new platform from the ground up. This is not a role where you will inherit a mature product with every architectural decision already made. You will take incomplete requirements, early hardware, and difficult technical constraints and turn them into dependable, production-ready autonomy systems. We value rigorous engineering without unnecessary process. Decisions should be driven by physics, test data, and product outcomes—not inherited convention or documentation volume. ## The Role Odin Dynamics is hiring a Senior Ground Software Engineer to serve as the Responsible Engineer for the ground software stack of our autonomous underwater vehicle platform. This engineer will own the complete ground software lifecycle: requirements, architecture, system design, implementation, testing, validation, field support, production support, failure analysis, and continued improvement after deployment. This is a true full-stack software engineering role. You will build frontend and backend software for mission planning, operator workflows, vehicle supervision, telemetry handling, telemetry visualization, data review, post-mission analysis, and remote mission-control workflows. The work includes product-quality user interfaces, backend services, APIs, telemetry pipelines, time-series data handling, storage systems, and analysis tools used by engineers and operators. This is not a generic web-application role, and it is not a narrow backend or UI role. The software you build will be used with real autonomous systems, real field data, constrained communications, incomplete requirements, and difficult operating environments. You will be expected to translate evolving operator, test, autonomy, and engineering needs into usable workflows and dependable production software. You will work closely with Autonomy Software engineers on mission-planning workflows, offboard autonomy-support tools, simulation, replay, mission review, and post-mission analysis. You will also work closely with Embedded Software, Avionics, Test Engineering, and Operations to ensure that ground software integrates cleanly with vehicle software, telemetry systems, test infrastructure, and field operations. This is a hands-on individual-contributor position. You will be expected to write substantial production code, make technical decisions, mentor other engineers, and remain accountable for the usability, reliability, and maintainability of the ground software stack. There are no organizational handoffs when a difficult problem crosses the boundary between frontend, backend, data systems, autonomy, embedded software, test engineering, or operations. ## What You’ll Do - Serve as the Responsible Engineer for the ground software stack. - Develop greenfield ground software from initial requirements and architecture through field-tested, production-ready implementation. - Build frontend and backend software for mission planning, operator workflows, vehicle supervision, telemetry visualization, data review, post-mission analysis, and remote mission-control workflows. - Design and implement operator-facing interfaces that help users plan missions, understand vehicle state, inspect telemetry, review data, and make effective decisions. - Build backend services, APIs, data models, and application logic to support development, test, field operations, and production use. - Develop telemetry ingestion, validation, normalization, storage, visualization, alerting, replay, and analysis capabilities. - Design data storage and handling approaches for high-volume telemetry, logs, mission data, analysis results, and time-series data. - Develop tools for engineering analysis, log inspection, anomaly investigation, mission replay, system debugging, and failure analysis. - Build map-based and geospatial workflows for planning, route visualization, constraints, review, and operational awareness. - Develop ground software that can support connected and disconnected use, intermittent or constrained communications, and on-premises or cloud-hosted deployment models. - Work closely with Autonomy Software, Embedded Software, Avionics, Test Engineering, and Operations to support vehicle integration, mission planning, telemetry, diagnostics, simulation, replay, and field testing. - Test and validate software using unit tests, integration tests, system-level tests, SIL, simulation and replay, and HITL test environments. - Analyze ground software behavior, telemetry pipelines, data integrity, operator workflows, and system performance to identify root causes and drive corrective improvements. - Build software with appropriate product-security considerations, including authentication, authorization, auditability, data protection, secure deployment, and operation in constrained or disconnected environments. - Write, review, test, profile, and debug production software using modern frontend, backend, database, and data-processing technologies. - Build automated development workflows using modern build systems, CI/CD, static analysis, profiling, automated testing, and software-quality tooling. - Produce concise, functional engineering documentation that enables implementation, testing, operation, troubleshooting, and future development. - Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate implementation, testing, debugging, data analysis, and documentation while independently validating outputs and maintaining a first-principles understanding of the resulting system. - Mentor other engineers and contribute to technical reviews without moving away from hands-on engineering. - Support field testing and sea trials when required, work directly with operators, and may support operational use during tests. ## What We’re Looking For - Deep practical experience developing full-stack production software across both frontend and backend systems. - Strong frontend product-development experience building usable, reliable, operator-facing or customer-facing software. - Strong backend and API-development experience for production applications, data systems, or operational software. - Experience building telemetry pipelines, data-ingestion systems, data-processing workflows, time-series data systems, or comparable systems that handle real-world operational data. - Strong proficiency with modern frontend and backend web technologies and a modern data-storage layer. - Experience designing software for constrained, intermittent, unreliable, low-bandwidth, or high-latency communications environments. - Experience validating production software through unit testing, integration testing, system testing, simulation, replay, SIL, HITL, or comparable test environments. - Experience writing maintainable code, conducting code reviews, using static analysis, profiling performance, debugging complex software behavior, and improving software reliability over time. - Ability to reason from first principles about usability, data integrity, system behavior, failure modes, edge cases, and operational risk. - Ability to work independently with minimal oversight while collaborating closely across engineering disciplines. - Willingness to support field testing and sea trials when required. Approximately five or more years of relevant full-stack, ground software, mission software, data systems, telemetry, or production software experience is preferred, but demonstrated technical depth, multidisciplinary problem-solving ability, and a record of delivering difficult systems matter more than a specific number of years. Exceptional candidates at any experience level are encouraged to apply. ## Preferred Experience - Mission planning, ground software, mission-control software, operator tools, telemetry systems, command-and-control systems, or other operational software for complex technical products. - Autonomous vehicles, unmanned systems, underwater systems, UAVs, robotics, aerospace systems, maritime systems, defense systems, industrial autonomy, or other real-world platforms. - Taking full-stack software from early architecture through field-tested deployment and continued improvement after operational use. - Building product-quality interfaces for operators, engineers, analysts, or other technical users in high-consequence environments. - Developing map-based, geospatial, routing, planning, review, or operational-awareness workflows. - Developing safety-critical, mission-critical, security-conscious, or high-reliability software for systems that operate in difficult real-world environments. - Working closely with autonomy, embedded software, electrical, mechanical, test, manufacturing, and operations teams on tightly integrated electromechanical systems. Disclosures This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Please note that any offer for employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations without sponsorship for an export license. Odin Dynamics, Inc. participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Odin Dynamics is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. ## About Odin Dynamics, Inc ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Odin Dynamics builds autonomous undersea vehicles (UUVs) for defense applications including precision strike, intelligence surveillance reconnaissance (ISR), and mine warfare, with a focus on long-endurance, high-payload platforms that operate where manned systems cannot. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed) – early-stage, backed by defense-focused investors and in diligence with VC partners [pitch.vc](https://pitch.vc/companies/odin-dynamics) - **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/odin-dynamics) - **Founded**: 2025 [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/odin-dynamics) - **Founders**: Amir Khan (former Tesla Model S Plaid powertrain architect, Supernal, Arc Boats, Matternet) and Jon Haase (former US Navy Program Manager for PMS 408, awarded 2024 Sean J. Stackley Acquisition Excellence Award) [substack.com](https://matthewbernard776320.substack.com/p/odin-dynamics) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Defense and Space Manufacturing – specifically autonomous maritime systems - **Target customers**: B2G – US Navy program offices (PMS 406, PMS 408, ONR), SOCOM, DIU, and allied navies (Taiwan, Poland, Japan, AUKUS partners) [pitch.vc](https://pitch.vc/companies/odin-dynamics) - **Mission / purpose**: “Pioneering the future of autonomous undersea warfare … redefining strategic deterrence and naval superiority” by building high-performance, affordable platforms that operate where human-piloted systems cannot [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/odin-dynamics) ## Products & Services - **Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (UUVs)**: Modular, long-endurance platforms designed for precision strike, ISR, and mine warfare. Two generations of prototypes completed (P1 & P2), with a heavy-torpedo-class variant (Dolphin-M) targeting the Navy’s RAPTOR solicitation and a smaller variant for inspection, survey, and port security [pitch.vc](https://pitch.vc/companies/odin-dynamics) [substack.com](https://matthewbernard776320.substack.com/p/odin-dynamics) - **Battery Architecture**: Proprietary, patented battery system delivering an order-of-magnitude improvement in energy density at a fraction of current market pricing, enabling operation below DoD direct purchase thresholds for rapid acquisition [substack.com](https://matthewbernard776320.substack.com/p/odin-dynamics) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Seed round (amount not publicly disclosed) with early capital formation indicated by a December 2025 investor filing [simplify.jobs](https://simplify.jobs/c/Odin-Dynamics) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Black Flag (defense-specific accelerator/network) [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/odin-dynamics) [pitch.vc](https://pitch.vc/companies/odin-dynamics); Rear Admiral Matt Burns, U.S. Navy (Ret.), as Senior Military Advisor; active engagements with U.S. Navy PMS 406, PMS 408, ONR, DIU, SOCOM, and AUKUS Pillar II [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/odin-dynamics) [pitch.vc](https://pitch.vc/companies/odin-dynamics) - **Growth Signals**: 8 active job postings (as of September 2026), monthly headcount growth of +37.5%, LinkedIn followers of 1,774 (+7.6% monthly) [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/odin-dynamics) [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/odin-dynamics); prototype fieldable systems targeted for late 2025/early 2026; government proposals submitted (Navy SBIR 25.1, DIU solicitations) [pitch.vc](https://pitch.vc/companies/odin-dynamics) ## Competitive Advantages - **Patented battery architecture** offering a significant cost and energy-density advantage, enabling purchases below DoD direct procurement thresholds and rapid fielding [substack.com](https://matthewbernard776320.substack.com/p/odin-dynamics) - **Founder pedigree**: Deep expertise in high-performance electric powertrains (Tesla) combined with direct Navy UUV program management experience (PMS 408) — a rare crossover that accelerates both technical development and acquisition pathways [substack.com](https://matthewbernard776320.substack.com/p/odin-dynamics) - **Modular and scalable design** allowing deployment from submarines, surface ships, or shore, and adaptable to a wide range of payloads and missions - **Speed of execution**: Two prototype generations completed within 12–18 months, while legacy primes require 5–7 years for similar capabilities [simplify.jobs](https://simplify.jobs/c/Odin-Dynamics) ## Strategic Focus - Transition from prototype to production-ready systems, with manufacturing readiness planning underway and fieldable units expected in the near term [pitch.vc](https://pitch.vc/companies/odin-dynamics) - Expand government and allied partnerships, leveraging $1.3B in FY2026 Navy UUV production expansion and increasing autonomy budgets ($2.2B YoY increase) [substack.com](https://matthewbernard776320.substack.com/p/odin-dynamics) - Build engineering team across autonomy, embedded, electrical, mechanical, and test domains to support scale-up (8 open roles as of September 2026) [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/odin-dynamics) ## Why Work Here - **Engineering challenge**: Work on the “most unforgiving autonomy problem” — subsea operations with zero margin for error — using cutting-edge autonomy, embedded systems, and high-performance powertrain technology [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/odin-dynamics) - **Culture**: Small, elite team where engineers have high ownership and direct impact on national security outcomes; founders are hands-on technical leaders [simplify.jobs](https://simplify.jobs/c/Odin-Dynamics) - **Work policy**: All open positions are on-site in **Long Beach, California** — no remote option currently [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/odin-dynamics) - **Growth trajectory**: Early-stage startup with strong funding interest, active government contracts, and a clear path to scale — opportunity to join at the ground floor and shape the company’s technical and cultural DNA ## Sources 1. [Odin Dynamics Careers (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/odin-dynamics) 2. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/odin-dynamics) 3. [Pitch.vc Company Profile](https://pitch.vc/companies/odin-dynamics) 4. [Matthew Bernard's Substack – "Odin Dynamics"](https://matthewbernard776320.substack.com/p/odin-dynamics) 5. 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