Software Engineer

Qualifications;

Must currently have a Secret Clearance and be eligible for a TS/SCI

- B.S. in Computer Engineering/ Science, Aerospace Engineering, or applicable engineering or science field.

- Minimum of 3 years of hands-on professional experience with Degree. Minimum of 7 years hands-on professional experience without Degree.

Requirements-

- Demonstrated hands-on experience within the last 5 years supporting Group 1 and/or Group 2 UxS through software development, integration, testing, and/or mission support

preferred. Experience supporting Group 3 UxS within the last 5 years may be considered.

- Experience with commercially available UxS is desirable.

- Proficient in C, C and object-oriented software development methodologies.

- Demonstrated ability to deliver working production software in an agile development environment.

- Extensive knowledge of autonomous navigation and path planning techniques: waypoint navigation, geofencing, dynamic routing, obstacle avoidance, and collision detection algorithms.

- Extensive knowledge in BetaFlight, ArduPilot, and Px4- 5 years.

- Experience with sensor fusion techniques (e.g., combining data from IMUs, GPS, cameras, LiDAR) to enhance situational awareness and navigation accuracy.

- Experience working with ground control software such as QGroundControl for mission planning, execution, and monitoring.

- Experience with the Qt/QML framework for developing user friendly graphical interfaces.

- Familiarity with MAVLink protocol for communication between UAVs and ground stations.

- Proficiency in Python scripting for automation, data analysis, and prototyping tasks.

- Strong understanding of data networking concepts, ino uding TCP/IP protocols.

- Proven ability to troubleshoot network communication issues.

- Skilled in parsing and reverse engineering complex codebases (e.g., C , Python) to identify subtle errors in data I communications within hardware and software systems.

- Experience with CAD

- Demonstrated ability to fully build target SW from source files.