Senior Software Engineer Autonomous Pilot Integration Expeditionary

You will develop and integrate autonomy software for V-BAT and X-BAT, including mission behaviors, platform control, sensor integration, multi-agent coordination, contingencies, and executive autonomy. You will own major features from simulation through live flight tests, troubleshoot hardware and software integration, support deployments and operator events, and mentor teammates.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate autonomy software for V-BAT and X-BAT
• Own features from software-in-the-loop through live flight testing
• Integrate platform controls, payloads, sensors, and command-and-control interfaces
• Collaborate with aircraft, autonomy, perception, GCS, and customer stakeholders
• Lead technical execution, design reviews, and integration planning
• Build, configure, validate, and prepare mission-ready systems
• Support flight tests, customer demonstrations, training, and deployments
• Diagnose hardware and software integration issues
• Analyze mission data and improve integration reliability
• Implement and validate STANAG 4586, UCI, and OMS interfaces
• Travel 10–20% for offices, customer sites, training, tests, and exercises

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent advanced-degree experience
• C++ development experience in real-time or embedded systems
• Linux-based development and embedded-systems experience
• Experience integrating complex software systems and troubleshooting hardware/software boundaries
• Experience supporting system integration, testing, or field events
• Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity