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 $150,000-$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