GNC Software Engineer

Description

The company designs defense systems meant to give users an edge through faster sensing and detection, and its products run on a distributed network architecture. Its users include military units, commercial air operators, and border protection teams.

Founded in 2022, the company has raised $1B in total funding from investors including 8VC, Accel, and NEA. Its headquarters are in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and London. The company has 200 employees across 5 global offices.

This is a Senior Guidance Software Engineer role on the R&D team. You will lead the design of guidance software for a new airframe built from a clean sheet, and you can also build skills across the company's product families.

Responsibilities

• Build guidance and navigation software on commercial off-the-shelf software frameworks.
• Support airframe design work.
• Support the integration of software with flight hardware.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional object-oriented software development.
• Designed and implemented guidance algorithms for UAS platforms using commercial autopilot frameworks such as ArduPilot.
• Working knowledge of flight dynamics for fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms.
• Deep software development experience on microcontrollers such as STM32 or similar, and on Linux running on Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, or Microblaze architectures.
• Experience building real-time embedded software that includes hardware interfaces.
• Experience integrating vendor-supplied low-level drivers and firmware.
• Experience with Agile processes, including Scrum, continuous integration, and test-driven development.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and to collaborate in small teams.
• U.S. Person status is required, because the role needs access to a U.S.-only data system.
• Preferred: current or previous DoD security clearance.
• Preferred: Part 107 remote pilot certification.
• Preferred: experience integrating EO/IR sensors.
• Preferred: experience integrating radar sensors.
• Preferred: firmware development in VHDL and embedded software development flow on AMD/Xilinx FPGAs.
• Preferred: experience with git.
• Preferred: experience deploying production software using DevOps, DevSecOps, and/or CI/CD with modern FOSS or COTS toolsets.
• Preferred: experience with full lifecycle software development of high-TRL systems.
• Preferred: experience with HW/SW integration and test and V&V of high-TRL systems.

Conditions

Full-time, on-site at the Los Angeles (Hawthorne), California office.

The stated compensation range covers base salary only and excludes bonus, equity, and benefits. The range is an estimate, and the actual offer may vary based on experience, education, training, critical skills, and business considerations. Candidates whose pay expectations fall outside the range are still encouraged to apply.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, with 100% of the premium paid by the company.
• 401k with a 50% company match on up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more.
• Free daily lunch, no meetings on Fridays, unlimited PTO, and a casual dress code.
• Competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, and relocation assistance.
• Annual bonuses are coming soon.