Senior PX4 Developer Software

Senior PX4 Developer Lead development of PX4-based drone autonomy software across firmware, simulation, and testing Location: El Segundo, California, United States Compensation: $150,000 - 200,000 USD / year Job Tags: Software About The Role Rainmaker Software Engineer Rainmaker builds systems to make it rain. Our autonomous drone fleets and weather modification platform operate worldwide: expanding freshwater supplies, protecting agriculture, and proving that cloud seeding works at scale. You Are: A seasoned software engineer with a background in drone autonomy Fast, thoughtful, autonomous, and opinionated Willing to relocate to El Segundo, California What You'll Work On: Contribute to our drone autonomy software stack end-to-end as a domain expert Modify and extend PX4 firmware for custom use cases and flight behaviors Develop firmware for embedded systems across power, peripherals, and sensing Support simulation-based testing in Gazebo, HITL, and SITL environments Assist with flight test support, log analysis, and software debugging What We're Looking For: 3+ years of professional experience developing software for PX4/ArduPilot systems Experience shipping production code in Rust, plus C++ or Python Experience developing firmware for ESP32, RP2040, or similar embedded targets Comfort with low-level peripheral buses: CAN, UART, I2C, SPI Experience with real-time pub/sub middleware (Zenoh, DDS, ROS 2, MQTT, or similar) Working knowledge of MAVLink and typical autopilot integration patterns Rainmaker is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Rainmaker is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. Rainmaker participates in E-Verify. To learn more, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit E-Verify.gov. #J-18808-Ljbffr