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Staff Engineer, Mission Systems Software

USA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Define and maintain end-to-end software architecture for safety- and mission-critical real-time mission-computing systems, integrating sensors, effectors, and autonomy features.

Role type

Staff Engineer, Mission Systems Software

Builds

Real-time mission-computing systems for aerospace and defense platforms

Domain

Aerospace and Defense

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

C, C++, Rust, embedded systems programming, real-time scheduling, concurrency management, RTOS development, systems architecture, hardware integration, verification strategy design

Preferred skills

autonomous aircraft systems, avionics, robotics, heterogeneous computing, publish/subscribe middleware, HIL/SIL environments, cybersecurity controls, supplier software evaluation

Technologies

RTOS, middleware, networking, simulation tools, flight-test environments

Responsibilities

Design deterministic real-time performance architectures; develop architecture views, interface definitions, and deployment models; integrate mission management and vehicle services; define verification strategies across HIL/SIL and flight-test environments; maintain technical ownership across the system lifecycle including modernization and technical debt management

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic architectural leadership

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