Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Implement guidance and navigation software within commercial software frameworks.
• Support airframe design activities.
• Integrate software with flight hardware and support system integration.
• Develop real-time embedded software with hardware interfaces.
• Integrate vendor-provided low-level drivers and firmware.
• Collaborate with a small engineering team and work with minimal supervision.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of professional object-oriented software development experience.
• Experience designing and implementing guidance algorithms for UAS platforms using commercial autopilot frameworks such as ArduPilot.
• Practical understanding of fixed-wing and rotary-wing flight dynamics.
• Extensive experience developing software for STM32 or similar microcontrollers and Linux hosted on Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, or MicroBlaze architectures.
• Experience with real-time embedded software, hardware interfaces, vendor-provided drivers and firmware, and software integration.
• Ability to work with Agile lifecycle processes including Scrum, Continuous Integration, and Test-Driven Development methodologies.
• U.S. Person status is required to access U.S.-only data systems.
• Preferred qualifications include a current or prior DoD security clearance, Part 107 remote pilot certification, EO/IR or radar sensor integration, VHDL and AMD/Xilinx FPGA development, Git, production-level software deployment, DevOps or DevSecOps, high-TRL systems, and hardware/software integration, testing, and verification.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits fully paid by the company.
• 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, life insurance, and other benefits.
• Free daily lunch, fully stocked kitchen, unlimited PTO, and casual dress code.
• Pre-IPO stock option grants and relocation assistance; annual bonuses are planned for the future.
• Full-time, on-site work in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California.