Vehicle Software Engineer
for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should not repeat job title as heading. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have content for About the role? The company description could be considered "About the role"? Actually "About the role" would be description of position. The posting includes "THE POSITION" paragraph describing role. So we can make an About the role
with that paragraph.
Responsibilities: we have bullet list. Use - .
Qualifications: we have list. Use
- . Also "NICE TO HAVE" could be considered "Skills" maybe? But we have Qualifications and Skills sections. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide which headings to use. We have qualifications (required) and nice-to-have (skills). Could map nice-to-have to Skills. Or we could combine qualifications and nice-to-have under Qualifications. But better to follow instruction: include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have qualifications (required) and nice-to-have (skills). So we can have
Qualifications
for required list, and Skills
for nice-to-have list.
Benefits: we have list. Use Benefits
with - .
Pay: we have salary range. Use
Pay
with containing the range.
Schedule: not mentioned, so omit.
Requirements: maybe we could treat qualifications as requirements. But we already have Qualifications heading. The instruction list includes Requirements as possible heading. But we can choose to use Qualifications only. However we might also include Requirements heading for required qualifications and Skills for nice-to-have. But we already used Qualifications for required; we could rename required to Requirements and nice-to-have to Skills. Let's see: The posting has "The Qualifications" heading (required) and "NICE TO HAVE". So we can map Qualifications to Requirements heading, and NICE TO HAVE to Skills heading. That seems appropriate.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. At end there is EEO statement; we should remove that. Also the privacy policy link maybe considered boilerplate? It's a link to privacy policy; could be considered legal; we should remove it. Also "To view Saildrone's candidate privacy policy, please visit: ..." remove.
We need to keep salary range text exactly: "The base salary range for this position is shown below. Actual compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and qualifications. This range reflects the base salary for candidates in states requiring pay transparency disclosure. Salary Range $14,450—$322,742 USD". We'll put that in a
under Pay.
We need to keep benefits list exactly as given. It's a paragraph with bullet-like sentences separated by periods. We'll convert each sentence to
- . Ensure we keep all details.
Responsibilities list: we have sentences each starting with a verb. We'll convert each to
- .
Requirements list: same.
Skills list: nice-to-have list.
Now produce HTML fragment.
We must not include or . Just the fragment.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: combine the company description and THE POSITION paragraph? Actually About the role should be description of the role, not company. The company description is more about Saildrone. Could be considered "About the company". But we only have headings list; we could still include About the role as the description under THE POSITION. The company description could be omitted? But we must preserve ALL substantive information. The company description is substantive. Where to put it? Could be part of About the role preceding the role description. Or we could make a separate section like "About the company" but not in allowed headings. The instruction says use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, etc. It doesn't forbid other headings? It says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It implies we should use those headings when appropriate. It doesn't say we cannot add other headings, but better to stick to those. We could put company description under About the role as well, as it's context. That seems fine.
Thus About the role section will contain both the company description paragraph and the THE POSITION paragraph.
Let's extract company description:
"The Company Saildrone is a maritime defense company and the global leader in autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). With more ocean miles and real-world operational experience than any USV manufacturer or operator, Saildrone maintains active, combat-deployed systems supporting national security and force projection around the world, 24/7/365. Saildrone’s manufacturing and R&D headquarters are located in Alameda, CA, with business development and sales operations in Washington, DC, and deployment hubs in Europe and the Middle East. By combining proven autonomous operations, edge computing, advanced sensing, renewable power, and the most advanced and robust unmanned surface technology on the planet, Saildrone is shaping how the Navy of the future operates. Join a fast-moving, mission-driven team at the forefront of maritime security and autonomous innovation."
Then THE POSITION paragraph:
"Saildrone's autonomous vessels depend on software that directly interfaces with the physical vehicle: sensors, onboard computers, power systems, and control systems. As a Vehicle Software Engineer, you will develop the production C++ software that integrates these systems and keeps autonomous vessels operating reliably in the real world. This is a hands-on systems role at the boundary of software and hardware. You will work from sensor and subsystem integration through testing, deployment, and field troubleshooting, with the opportunity to solve problems on autonomous vehicles operating for long periods far from human operators."
We'll combine them into
maybe multiple
s. Use
for prose. Could be two paragraphs.
Now Responsibilities list: we have bullet points:
- Develop and maintain production C++ software running onboard autonomous vessels.
- Integrate sensors and physical vehicle subsystems into the onboard software stack.
- Interface with power, battery-management, propulsion, and other vehicle control systems.
- Diagnose complex vehicle and software issues using telemetry, logs, testing, and direct system investigation.
- Develop software supporting vehicle configuration, deployment, upgrades, and migration across the fleet.
- Validate software and hardware integrations on real vehicles and improve their reliability in field operations.
We'll output each as
- .
Requirements list (The Qualifications):
- Strong C++ software engineering skills and experience building production systems.
- Strong systems understanding and comfort working across software and hardware boundaries.
- Experience developing software that interfaces with sensors, actuators, or other physical systems.
- Experience debugging complex systems using logs, telemetry, test data, and system behavior.
- Experience deploying and maintaining software on physical products or other systems operating in the field.
- Ability to understand and reason about interactions between software, hardware, and larger system behavior.
Skills list (NICE TO HAVE):
- Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, defense, maritime, industrial systems, or other complex physical products.
- Experience with embedded Linux, real-time systems, hardware bring-up, or vehicle communications.
- Experience with remote software deployment, configuration management, or fleet diagnostics.
Benefits list: we need to split sentences.
Benefits paragraph:
"At Saildrone, we’re building operational capability that matters—and that requires people who can do their best work over the long term. We invest in our team’s well-being, financial security, and professional growth so you can focus on delivering real-world impact with confidence and stability. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support you and your family while you contribute to a mission with lasting significance. Generous Time Off: Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual plus a robust annual holiday schedule and paid sick leave ensure you can rest, reset, and sustain performance over time.Comprehensive Health Coverage: Premium, multi-tier Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with significant company contributions for employees and dependents—providing security and peace of mind.Shared Ownership in the Mission: Equity grants are a core part of our compensation, allowing you to participate in the long-term value you help create through meaningful, operational work.Retirement Savings: Access to a 401(k) retirement plan with flexible pre-tax and Roth payroll contribution options supports long-term financial planning.Investment in Your Growth: We support your continuous learning through an annual professional development reimbursement program, empowering you to sharpen your skills and stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving field.Relocation Support: For eligible roles, we offer relocation assistance to help bring the world’s best talent to our mission-critical locations."
We need to split into list items. Each sentence ends with a period. Some sentences have colon and then description; we can keep as one
- each.
Let's split:
1. At Saildrone, we’re building operational capability that matters—and that requires people who can do their best work over the long term.
2. We invest in our team’s well-being, financial security, and professional growth so you can focus on delivering real-world impact with confidence and stability.
3. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support you and your family while you contribute to a mission with lasting significance.
4. Generous Time Off: Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual plus a robust annual holiday schedule and paid sick leave ensure you can rest, reset, and sustain performance over time.
5. Comprehensive Health Coverage: Premium, multi-tier Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with significant company contributions for employees and dependents—providing security and peace of mind.
6. Shared Ownership in the Mission: Equity grants are a core part of our compensation, allowing you to participate in the long-term value you help create through meaningful, operational work.
7. Retirement Savings: Access to a 401(k) retirement plan with flexible pre-tax and Roth payroll contribution options supports long-term financial planning.
8. Investment in Your Growth: We support your continuous learning through an annual professional development reimbursement program, empowering you to sharpen your skills and stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving field.
9. Relocation Support: For eligible roles, we offer relocation assistance to help bring the world’s best talent to our mission-critical locations.
Now Pay section: we need to include the salary range text exactly.
Paragraph: "The base salary range for this position is shown below. Actual compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and qualifications. This range reflects the base salary for candidates in states requiring pay transparency disclosure. Salary Range $14,450—$322,742 USD"
We'll put that in
.
Now ensure we removed boilerplate: EEO statement at end, privacy policy link. Also remove "To view Saildrone's candidate privacy policy, please visit: https://www.saildrone.com/privacy-policy." Remove.
Now produce HTML.
We'll start with
About the role
then two s (company description and position description). Then
Responsibilities
with lis. Then Requirements
. Then Skills
. Then Benefits
. Then Pay
.
- . Also "NICE TO HAVE" could be considered "Skills" maybe? But we have Qualifications and Skills sections. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide which headings to use. We have qualifications (required) and nice-to-have (skills). Could map nice-to-have to Skills. Or we could combine qualifications and nice-to-have under Qualifications. But better to follow instruction: include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have qualifications (required) and nice-to-have (skills). So we can have
Qualifications
for required list, andSkills
for nice-to-have list. Benefits: we have list. UseBenefits
with- .
Pay: we have salary range. Use
Pay
withcontaining the range. Schedule: not mentioned, so omit. Requirements: maybe we could treat qualifications as requirements. But we already have Qualifications heading. The instruction list includes Requirements as possible heading. But we can choose to use Qualifications only. However we might also include Requirements heading for required qualifications and Skills for nice-to-have. But we already used Qualifications for required; we could rename required to Requirements and nice-to-have to Skills. Let's see: The posting has "The Qualifications" heading (required) and "NICE TO HAVE". So we can map Qualifications to Requirements heading, and NICE TO HAVE to Skills heading. That seems appropriate. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. At end there is EEO statement; we should remove that. Also the privacy policy link maybe considered boilerplate? It's a link to privacy policy; could be considered legal; we should remove it. Also "To view Saildrone's candidate privacy policy, please visit: ..." remove. We need to keep salary range text exactly: "The base salary range for this position is shown below. Actual compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and qualifications. This range reflects the base salary for candidates in states requiring pay transparency disclosure. Salary Range $14,450—$322,742 USD". We'll put that in a
under Pay. We need to keep benefits list exactly as given. It's a paragraph with bullet-like sentences separated by periods. We'll convert each sentence to
- . Ensure we keep all details. Responsibilities list: we have sentences each starting with a verb. We'll convert each to
- .
Requirements list: same.
Skills list: nice-to-have list.
Now produce HTML fragment.
We must not include or . Just the fragment.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: combine the company description and THE POSITION paragraph? Actually About the role should be description of the role, not company. The company description is more about Saildrone. Could be considered "About the company". But we only have headings list; we could still include About the role as the description under THE POSITION. The company description could be omitted? But we must preserve ALL substantive information. The company description is substantive. Where to put it? Could be part of About the role preceding the role description. Or we could make a separate section like "About the company" but not in allowed headings. The instruction says use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, etc. It doesn't forbid other headings? It says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It implies we should use those headings when appropriate. It doesn't say we cannot add other headings, but better to stick to those. We could put company description under About the role as well, as it's context. That seems fine. Thus About the role section will contain both the company description paragraph and the THE POSITION paragraph. Let's extract company description: "The Company Saildrone is a maritime defense company and the global leader in autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). With more ocean miles and real-world operational experience than any USV manufacturer or operator, Saildrone maintains active, combat-deployed systems supporting national security and force projection around the world, 24/7/365. Saildrone’s manufacturing and R&D headquarters are located in Alameda, CA, with business development and sales operations in Washington, DC, and deployment hubs in Europe and the Middle East. By combining proven autonomous operations, edge computing, advanced sensing, renewable power, and the most advanced and robust unmanned surface technology on the planet, Saildrone is shaping how the Navy of the future operates. Join a fast-moving, mission-driven team at the forefront of maritime security and autonomous innovation." Then THE POSITION paragraph: "Saildrone's autonomous vessels depend on software that directly interfaces with the physical vehicle: sensors, onboard computers, power systems, and control systems. As a Vehicle Software Engineer, you will develop the production C++ software that integrates these systems and keeps autonomous vessels operating reliably in the real world. This is a hands-on systems role at the boundary of software and hardware. You will work from sensor and subsystem integration through testing, deployment, and field troubleshooting, with the opportunity to solve problems on autonomous vehicles operating for long periods far from human operators." We'll combine them into
maybe multiple
s. Use
for prose. Could be two paragraphs. Now Responsibilities list: we have bullet points: - Develop and maintain production C++ software running onboard autonomous vessels. - Integrate sensors and physical vehicle subsystems into the onboard software stack. - Interface with power, battery-management, propulsion, and other vehicle control systems. - Diagnose complex vehicle and software issues using telemetry, logs, testing, and direct system investigation. - Develop software supporting vehicle configuration, deployment, upgrades, and migration across the fleet. - Validate software and hardware integrations on real vehicles and improve their reliability in field operations. We'll output each as
- . Requirements list (The Qualifications): - Strong C++ software engineering skills and experience building production systems. - Strong systems understanding and comfort working across software and hardware boundaries. - Experience developing software that interfaces with sensors, actuators, or other physical systems. - Experience debugging complex systems using logs, telemetry, test data, and system behavior. - Experience deploying and maintaining software on physical products or other systems operating in the field. - Ability to understand and reason about interactions between software, hardware, and larger system behavior. Skills list (NICE TO HAVE): - Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, defense, maritime, industrial systems, or other complex physical products. - Experience with embedded Linux, real-time systems, hardware bring-up, or vehicle communications. - Experience with remote software deployment, configuration management, or fleet diagnostics. Benefits list: we need to split sentences. Benefits paragraph: "At Saildrone, we’re building operational capability that matters—and that requires people who can do their best work over the long term. We invest in our team’s well-being, financial security, and professional growth so you can focus on delivering real-world impact with confidence and stability. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support you and your family while you contribute to a mission with lasting significance. Generous Time Off: Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual plus a robust annual holiday schedule and paid sick leave ensure you can rest, reset, and sustain performance over time.Comprehensive Health Coverage: Premium, multi-tier Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with significant company contributions for employees and dependents—providing security and peace of mind.Shared Ownership in the Mission: Equity grants are a core part of our compensation, allowing you to participate in the long-term value you help create through meaningful, operational work.Retirement Savings: Access to a 401(k) retirement plan with flexible pre-tax and Roth payroll contribution options supports long-term financial planning.Investment in Your Growth: We support your continuous learning through an annual professional development reimbursement program, empowering you to sharpen your skills and stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving field.Relocation Support: For eligible roles, we offer relocation assistance to help bring the world’s best talent to our mission-critical locations." We need to split into list items. Each sentence ends with a period. Some sentences have colon and then description; we can keep as one
- each.
Let's split:
1. At Saildrone, we’re building operational capability that matters—and that requires people who can do their best work over the long term.
2. We invest in our team’s well-being, financial security, and professional growth so you can focus on delivering real-world impact with confidence and stability.
3. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support you and your family while you contribute to a mission with lasting significance.
4. Generous Time Off: Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual plus a robust annual holiday schedule and paid sick leave ensure you can rest, reset, and sustain performance over time.
5. Comprehensive Health Coverage: Premium, multi-tier Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with significant company contributions for employees and dependents—providing security and peace of mind.
6. Shared Ownership in the Mission: Equity grants are a core part of our compensation, allowing you to participate in the long-term value you help create through meaningful, operational work.
7. Retirement Savings: Access to a 401(k) retirement plan with flexible pre-tax and Roth payroll contribution options supports long-term financial planning.
8. Investment in Your Growth: We support your continuous learning through an annual professional development reimbursement program, empowering you to sharpen your skills and stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving field.
9. Relocation Support: For eligible roles, we offer relocation assistance to help bring the world’s best talent to our mission-critical locations.
Now Pay section: we need to include the salary range text exactly.
Paragraph: "The base salary range for this position is shown below. Actual compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and qualifications. This range reflects the base salary for candidates in states requiring pay transparency disclosure. Salary Range $14,450—$322,742 USD"
We'll put that in
. Now ensure we removed boilerplate: EEO statement at end, privacy policy link. Also remove "To view Saildrone's candidate privacy policy, please visit: https://www.saildrone.com/privacy-policy." Remove. Now produce HTML. We'll start with
About the role
then twos (company description and position description). Then
Responsibilities
- with lis. Then
Requirements
- . Then
Skills
- . Then
Benefits
- . Then
Pay
.
- .
Pay: we have salary range. Use