Senior Software Integration Engineer

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain software interfaces between payload hardware, mission applications, and autonomy systems.
• Integrate SDKs and APIs for cameras, gimbals, radios, sensors, and other mission equipment.
• Develop tools and applications for payload configuration, monitoring, and control.
• Customize or extend QGroundControl, TAK-based applications, and related operator interfaces.
• Debug systems spanning Linux, networking, hardware interfaces, and distributed software components.
• Build Docker-based deployment workflows for fielded software capabilities.
• Develop integrations in a side-branch process and collaborate with the core software team to upstream production-ready changes.
• Participate in field testing, demonstrations, payload integration, and operational support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong programming ability in one or more modern languages such as C++, Python, Rust, Go, Java, or TypeScript.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience across multiple layers of the stack.
• Strong Linux experience, including command-line workflows, debugging, and system administration tasks.
• Experience with TCP/IP, UDP, routing, and network troubleshooting.
• Experience integrating software with external systems through APIs, SDKs, or communication protocols.
• Ability to quickly understand and modify large existing codebases.
• Experience developing reliable production software in fast-moving environments.
• Experience with Git, including branching and upstream contributions.
• U.S. citizenship or other eligibility required under ITAR and EAR export-control regulations.
• Preferred experience includes autonomous systems, UAVs, robotics, defense technology, QGroundControl, MAVLink, PX4, ArduPilot, TAK ecosystems, payload hardware, embedded systems, edge computing, Docker, field deployments, and startup or scale-stage product engineering.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Equity grants for new hires.
• Unlimited PTO and a generous holiday calendar, including a holiday hiatus in November and December.
• Generous parental leave.
• Lifestyle Spending Account, FSA, DCFSA, and HSA.
• Hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident insurance.
• Firestorm covers basic life/AD&D and short- and long-term disability insurance at 100%, with additional life insurance available for purchase.
• Free 24/7 mental health resources, plus legal and financial support services.
• Based at headquarters in San Diego, California; local candidates and candidates open to relocation are welcomed, and relocation assistance may be available.
• Approximately 10% occasional domestic travel for field testing, integrations, demonstrations, and operational support.