Senior Systems Performance Engineer (Hiring Immediately)

Aurelius Systems • san francisco, ca, United-States • Posted June 07, 2026

Location san francisco, ca
Job Type Full-time
Category nan
Posted June 07, 2026

Aurelius Systems is a VC backed defense tech startup building autonomous, edge deployed directed energy systems for counter-UAS. We build laser weapons to shoot down drones. We're a small team of engineers, former US military operators, and subject matter experts scaling America's directed energy dominance. The first cost effective, reliable and robust laser weapon system. Our namesake isn't an accident. Marcus Aurelius wrote about doing the work in front of you, every day, without excuses. Henry Ford didn't wait for permission to reinvent manufacturing. That's how we operate — small team, unreasonable output, no hiding behind the unachievable. In addition to our San Francisco lab, we’ve opened a Detroit manufacturing hub and we field test weekly on our own 400-acre private range. The Role & Your Impact: You'll own the architecture and performance of our full software stack as the Sr. Systems Performance Software Engineer. Our system is a stack of complex subsystems working in conce...

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