Guidance Software Engineer

Description

The company builds defense products on its own distributed network technology, which gives warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams faster decisions and quicker adaptation to changing threats.

Founded in 2022, the company has raised $1 billion from investors including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. It is headquartered in Los Angeles and has offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, and London. The team numbers over 500 employees.

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

Responsibilities

• Implement guidance and navigation software within COTS software frameworks.
• Support airframe design work.
• Support the integration of software onto 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.
• Experience designing and implementing guidance algorithms for UAS platforms using commercial autopilot frameworks such as ArduPilot.
• Working knowledge of flight dynamics for both fixed wing and rotary wing platforms.
• Strong grounding and extensive experience building software for microcontrollers such as STM32 or similar, and for Linux running on Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, or Microblaze architectures.
• Experience building real-time embedded software that interfaces with hardware.
• Experience integrating vendor-supplied low-level drivers and firmware.
• Experience with Agile processes, including Scrum, Continuous Integration, and Test-Driven Development.
• Able to work with minimal supervision and to collaborate within small teams.
• U.S. Person status is required, since 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: experience with firmware development in VHDL and the embedded software flow on AMD/Xilinx FPGAs.
• Preferred: experience with git.
• Preferred: experience deploying production software using DevOps, DevSecOps, or CI/CD with modern open-source or COTS toolsets.
• Preferred: experience with full lifecycle software development of high-TRL systems.
• Preferred: experience with hardware/software integration and test, and with verification and validation of high-TRL systems.

Conditions

This is a full-time, on-site role at the Los Angeles (Hawthorne), California office.

The posted pay range covers only the target base salary. It excludes bonus, equity, and benefits, and it is an estimate. The actual offer may depend on factors such as experience, education, training, critical skills, and business needs. You are welcome to apply even if your pay expectations fall outside the range.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with the company paying 100% of the premium.
• 401k with a 50% company match on contributions up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more.
• Free lunch every workday while you are on site, a fully stocked kitchen, unlimited PTO, and a casual dress code.
• Base salaries are competitive, with generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and annual bonuses coming soon.