Exciting #jobopportunity at Liquid Robotics 👉 we’re hiring a Chief Engineer! Join us in our mission to solve maritime challenges with our persistent Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV), the Wave Glider. We are seeking an experienced maritime engineer to lead our integrated technology roadmap, shape internal and external development programs, and provide input to the company’s evolving business planning activities. Liquid Robotics is at the forefront of bringing new products and solutions to market in a fast-growing uncrewed maritime market—as a senior member of engineering leadership, you will help foster a strong, cross-functional engineering culture and oversee technical performance with a focus on quality standards in software and hardware engineering. This position is based in Herndon, VA (strong candidates considered for hybrid with regular travel) and requires U.S. Person status and ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance. #Engineering #MaritimeEngineering #ChiefEngineer #USV #WaveGlider #Autonomy #OceanTech #DefenseTech
Liquid Robotics
Robotics Engineering
Herndon, Virginia 20,030 followers
Persistent seabed-to-space connectivity
About us
Liquid Robotics, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, designs and manufactures the Wave Glider, the world’s first wave and solar powered uncrewed ocean robot. Based in Herndon, Virginia, and with an Engineering & Test Facility in Hawai’i, Liquid Robotics works with global partners to address many of the planet’s greatest challenges, by transforming how to assess, monitor, and protect the ocean. Since 2007, Liquid Robotics has conducted 100s of Wave Glider missions around the globe, from the Arctic to Antarctica, for customers in the defense, commercial, and science markets.
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http://liquid-robotics.com/
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- Industry
- Robotics Engineering
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Herndon, Virginia
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 2007
- Specialties
- Defense and Maritime Security, Ocean robotics, Ocean observation, monitoring and exploration, Seafloor to Space Communications, and Commercial Environmental Assessment
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460 Herndon Pkwy
Herndon, Virginia 20170, US
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61-3661 Kawaihae Road
Pier 1, Kawaihae Harbor
Kamuela, Hawaii 96743, US
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Thanks Australia, we had a wonderful time at #IndoPac2025 discussing Wave Glider's persistent maritime security solutions for the Indo Pacific region. With unparalleled operational experience totaling over 3 million nautical miles at sea, Wave Glider Uncrewed Surface Vehicles (USVs) are fully mission-ready to collect and deliver actionable intelligence across undersea, surface, air, and space domains.
#TeamBoeing, Insitu Pacific and Liquid Robotics showcased the innovations in advanced maritime surveillance and uncrewed systems that support the Indo‑Pacific’s evolving strategic needs — from #P8 and #Integrator to #WaveGlider — at #IndoPac2025.
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🎉 We are celebrating a major milestone: Wave Gliders have now logged more than 3,000,000 nautical miles at sea — the equivalent of circumnavigating the Earth 138 times. This achievement underscores the maturity and operational leadership of our USV platform and the value it delivers for national security, science, and industry. Powered only by wave and solar energy, Wave Gliders provide persistent, resilient ocean monitoring in the world’s roughest conditions, supporting MDA, ASW, ISR, and vital meteorological and oceanographic science. Read more about how autonomous systems are transforming maritime operations: https://lnkd.in/gyPeE43M #WaveGlider #USV #Autonomy #MaritimeSecurity #OceanScience #teamboeing
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#IndoPac2025 is right around the corner. Stop by the Boeing Exhibit F44 in Hall 2 to check out our Wave Glider IRL and learn about our suite of defense solutions, including secure & resilient subsea communications. #maritimesecurity #USV #persistence #waveglider #teamboeing
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🇺🇸 A force to be reckoned with. We congratulate the U.S. Navy to their ✨250th✨ anniversary and salute all current and past servicemen and servicewomen who have sailed the globe in defense of freedom, built partnerships, strengthened Allies, and deterred adversaries. From seabed to space, always ready to fight and win. #Navy250
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Happy #AlohaFriday! Good time to change the perspective. 🙃 And yes, that's the length of a Wave Glider SV5 float with plenty of room for sensors, payloads, solar panels, and batteries. #USV #WaveGlider #persistence #autonomy #maritimesecurity #oceanscience
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We are looking forward to continuing and strengthening our partnership with the Hydronet team to advance and commercialize underwater mesh networking capabilities. Most recently, Hydronet and Liquid Robotics successfully demonstrated connectivity of undersea assets through a resilient and secure Command, Control, and Communications (C3) mesh network in a live, military exercise. #OceanTech #autonomy #AI #ConnectedIntelligence #MeshNetworking #USV
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Talisman Sabre 2025 is soon coming to an end. With more than 30,000 military personnel from 19 nations participating in exercises across Australia, Talisman Sabre is the largest Australia-US bilaterally planned exercise, conducting high-end, multi-domain warfare to improve core competencies, strengthen interoperability, and solidify strategic partnerships between likeminded partners. Liquid Robotics, along with Hydronet, has been pleased with the opportunity to support the United States Special Operations Forces and USSOCOM in these international collaborations by demonstrating Wave Glider capabilities during the exercise and the Industry and Defence Science and Technology Showcase. #INDOPACOM #TALISMANSABRE25 #ContestedLogistics #ABLEWARRIOR 📸 Liquid Robotics and Defence Australia, PTE Hamid Farahani
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"... the Wave Glider successfully navigated complex bathymetry surrounding offshore sand shoals, relocated several shed tags, and paired encounters with a variety of oceanographic and meteorological measurements. These results confirm that USVs are suitable for systematic coastal fish tracking."
📣 New Publication Alert! How do mobile ocean robots compare to traditional acoustic arrays when tracking sharks and other coastal fish? 🤖🐟 Our latest study explores this by comparing a Liquid Robotics Wave Glider to a stationary passive acoustic array off Cape Canaveral, Florida. Highlights: - 8 multi-week glider missions totaling 190 days and 9,600 km traveled - 331 animal encounters from 20 different species including blacktip sharks, blacknose sharks, and red drum - Performance comparison of two glider mounted acoustic receivers (VMT versus VR2C) We hope this paper helps future researchers as biologists delve into the world of ocean robotics 🌊 📄 Read the full paper: https://lnkd.in/eQnZCEh3 📸 Photo: Liquid Robotics Study Sponsored by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Special thanks to Ocean Tracking Network loaner program for providing the VMT. #WaveGlider #OceanGlider #OceanRobots #AcousticTelemetry #FACTNetwork #USV
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This is what in-situ sensor validation looks like in our backyard. To kick off data collection for NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, lead scientist Dr. Jamison Gove dives to the sinker of the Wave Glider’s Winch to take a water sample next to the Turner Designs C3 fluorometer. Collecting chlorophyll-a, turbidity, and dissolved organic matter water samples at the beginning and end of the mission ensures that electronic measurements from the instrument can be validated. Chlorophyll-a is an important indicator for estimating phytoplankton biomass in the ocean, which provides insights into the overall health of the marine ecosystem and the abundance of fish. The three Wave Gliders for this survey are equipped with numerous sensors above and below the surface collecting air temperature, wind, barometric pressure, ocean waves, currents, water temperature and salinity. In addition, automated winches with mounted fluorometers allow for the measurement of chlorophyll-a, turbidity, and dissolved organic matter to depths of 150 m.