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Senior Embedded Flight Software Engineer

Los Angeles, CA💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-06-29 → 2026-07-31

Core

Design and implement guidance and navigation software for clean-sheet airframe designs and UAS platforms.

Role type

Senior Embedded Flight Software Engineer

Builds

Guidance software for unmanned air systems (UAS) and defense applications

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Object-oriented software development, guidance algorithm design, flight dynamics (fixed/rotary wing), microcontroller programming (STM32), Linux on SoC (Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx, Microblaze), real-time embedded software, hardware interface integration, vendor driver integration, Agile/Scrum/CI/CD

Preferred skills

DoD security clearance, Part 107 remote pilot certification, EO/IR sensor integration, radar sensor integration, VHDL/FPGA development, DevSecOps, high-TRL system lifecycle development, HW/SW I&T and V&V

Technologies

STM32, Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, Microblaze, ArduPilot, VHDL, Git, CI/CD toolsets

Responsibilities

Implement guidance and navigation software within COTS frameworks, support airframe design activities, support system integration of software on flight hardware

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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