Senior Autonomy Software Engineer

Location: Florida, USA
Salary: $150,000-$200,000, depending on experience and leadership capability

Role Overview

An innovative defence technology company specialising in advanced unmanned systems is seeking a Senior Autonomy Software Engineer to develop and integrate mission-critical software for autonomous platforms.

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing ground control station (GCS) software, mission-planning tools and operator interfaces, enabling the effective control, monitoring and deployment of unmanned vehicles.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain ground control station and mission-planning software.
• Build operator-facing interfaces for vehicle control, telemetry, mapping and mission execution.
• Integrate mission software with onboard autonomy, navigation, communications, sensors and payload systems.
• Develop and maintain software interfaces, messaging systems and vehicle-to-ground communications.
• Support software integration, testing, troubleshooting and deployment on operational platforms.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver reliable, high-performance autonomy solutions.

Required Experience

• Strong software development experience in C++ and/or C#; Python experience is advantageous.
• Demonstrated experience developing ground control stations, mission-control applications or operator-facing software for UAV, UGV, USV or robotics platforms.
• Experience with mission planning, telemetry, vehicle communications or autonomous system integration.
• Familiarity with technologies such as MAVLink, ArduPilot, PX4, Qt/QML, WPF or comparable frameworks.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to develop and maintain complex software systems.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with unmanned systems.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, embedded software and cross-platform development.
• Technical leadership, software architecture ownership or experience mentoring engineers.

Compensation

The salary range is $120,000-$200,000, with the final package dependent on technical experience, seniority and demonstrated leadership capability + 401(k) + Health Insurance

This is an opportunity to contribute to the development of advanced autonomous defence systems, working on software that directly supports real-world unmanned vehicle operations.

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Nikyle Maipath