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# Software Engineer: ML Robotics Systems at S32

- **Company:** S32
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $150k–$300k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-05-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/s32/am9icG9zdDqw3ymu3ytDaeWCcHjEstqd

## Job description

To further our commitment to driving the growth of S32's portfolio companies, we are looking for ML Robotics Systems Engineers who are passionate about building intelligent, embodied systems that can operate in the real world.

If you are excited about making a significant impact, shaping a company's direction, and advancing your career, we would love to connect and discuss potential opportunities.

About us: S32 is a venture capital firm investing at the frontiers of technology. Founded by Bill Maris, the team has vast experience building iconic companies. Our goal is to accelerate the discovery, development, and distribution of revolutionary technologies that improve the human condition. We invest across the entirety of technology, including artificial intelligence, robotics, enterprise software, cybersecurity, fintech, quantum computing, computational biology, and biotechnology.

## About S32

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: S32 Technologies builds governed cyber, intelligence, lawful-access, and secure-infrastructure capabilities for approved government, defense, law-enforcement, service-provider, and critical-infrastructure missions.
- **Entity Type**: Private
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Cybersecurity, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Lawful Interception, Defense Communication, National Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection
- **Target customers**: Governments, defense agencies, law enforcement, national security/intelligence organizations, armed forces, service providers (telecom/carriers), and enterprise/critical infrastructure operators
- **Mission or purpose**: "Defending Today. Securing Tomorrow." — to provide governed, auditable, and sovereign cyber capabilities for missions that cannot fail.

## Products & Services
S32 delivers a unified platform across five operating environments, each with tailored mission profiles:

- **InterceptPlus / InterceptPlus Intel**: Lawful interception and intelligence collection platform — mapped to legal authority, with evidence that holds up in court. For law enforcement and national security.
- **Genesis**: All-source fusion and OSINT platform that turns scattered signals into a single, sourced intelligence picture — every claim cited, every action audited.
- **Magen**: Intelligence fusion and mission management for national security and armed forces.
- **NetDefense**: Cyber and network defense for armed forces, enterprise, and critical infrastructure — detection, response, and resilience.
- **ShadowStrike**: Deployable, air-gapped offensive and defensive cyber operations for armed forces.
- **TrulyAware**: Detection, response, and resilience for operators of systems that cannot go down.
- **Makom Cloud**: Managed, secure cloud infrastructure operated by S32 (also available as sovereign cloud/on-premise or air-gapped deployment).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total employees ~37 (as of latest data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: S32 is described as a venture capital firm founded by Bill Maris (formerly of Google Ventures) which is also named S32 — it is unclear from available data if S32 Technologies is a portfolio company or a separate entity. No specific lead investors or funding rounds are publicly visible.
- **Growth Signals**: Operating at the intersection of government cyber missions and high-tech innovation; active hiring for AI/ML research scientists, machine learning engineers, hardware/robotics engineers, and account executives; expanding into AI and hardware talent pools.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Governed by design**: All actions are append-only, audited, and built for court and oversight — a critical differentiator for government and lawful-intercept missions.
- **Sovereign deployment**: Capabilities can run in S32's managed cloud, on customer premises, or fully air-gapped — critical for classified and top-secret operations.
- **Multi-environment platform**: A single platform serving law enforcement, intelligence, military, carriers, and critical infrastructure — a rare breadth of compliance and technical capability.
- **Elite talent focus**: Positions itself as employing "the world's most elite white-hat cyber warriors and expert defenders."

## Strategic Focus
- **AI/ML Integration**: Actively hiring Applied AI Research Scientists and Senior Machine Learning Engineers, indicating a push to embed AI/ML into its intelligence and defense platforms.
- **Hardware Expansion**: Hiring a Mechanical Robotics Engineer (Humanoid), suggesting exploration of physical/robotic applications for defense or infrastructure.
- **Go-to-Market Scaling**: Building a sales team with Account Executive hires in New York and San Francisco.
- **Sovereign & Governed Cloud**: Continued development of Makom Cloud and air-gapped deployment options to meet stringent government and national security requirements.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven work**: Opportunity to work on high-stakes national security and critical infrastructure protection with direct impact.
- **Compensation & Benefits**:
  - **Six weeks PTO** guaranteed annually
  - **Zero-premium health insurance** (medical, dental, vision) — 100% covered by S32
  - **401(k) matching** and **profit-sharing** program
  - **Child-care cost assistance** for every employee
  - **Up to $100/month** toward gym and fitness
  - **Annual refreshed iPhone and laptop** (hardened/secured); remote staff get a quarterly WFH allowance
  - **Paid parental leave**
- **Work environment**: Hybrid workspace (combination of remote and on-site) with flexible scheduling. Culture described as "healthy and inclusive" with emphasis on continuous training, professional development, and collaboration.
- **Open roles**: Currently hiring for AI/ML, hardware/robotics, and sales positions across San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Pittsburgh.

## Sources
1. [s32.io - Official Website](https://s32.io/)
2. [s32.io - Careers](https://s32.io/careers)
3. [s32.io - Benefits](https://s32.io/careers-benefits)
4. [jobs.gem.com - S32 Open Positions](https://jobs.gem.com/s32)
5. [builtin.com - S32 Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/s32)

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