I work for a company that is making good progress in this field. We recently got a new round of funding:

https://www.saildrone.com/news/saildrone-advance-ocean-intel...

and we're hiring for numerous roles:

https://www.saildrone.com/careers

  - Compliance Specialist
  - DevOps Engineer
  - Front End Engineer
  - Full Stack Software Engineer
  - Machine Learning Engineer
  - Site Reliability Engineer
  - Software Engineer - Bathymetry
  - Software Engineer - Perception
  - Sr. Software Engineer - Acoustics
  - Sr. Software Engineer - Data Pipeline
  - Sr. Software Engineer - Ocean Science
  - Composite Boat Builder
  - Final Assembly Technician
  - Production Technician
  - Supply Chain Manager
  - Product Manager
  - Technical Program Manager
  - Sensors Manager
  - Vehicle Operations Technician
  - Senior Manufacturing Engineer
  - Electronics Technician
  - Electrical Engineer
  - Systems Operations Engineer
  - Vehicle Systems Administrator
  - Bathymetry Operations Manager
  - Lead Surveyor - Ocean