Senior Software Engineer – Mission Computing; m​/f​/d

Position: Senior Software Engineer – Mission Computing (m/f/d)
Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and maintain secure mission-computing software for advanced autonomous and unmanned platforms.

This is a hands-on engineering role spanning autonomy software, embedded Linux, Qualcomm SoC development, flight-controller integration, ROS2 middleware, AI/ML acceleration, cybersecurity, and system integration
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The successful candidate will work across mission computers, flight controllers, sensors, and ground systems to deliver reliable, secure, real-time software from platform bring-up through integration, validation, and production deployment
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Key Responsibilities Autonomy Software Development

• Design and implement autonomous applications on Qualcomm-based mission-computing platforms
  , supporting perception, sensor fusion, planning, and navigation.
• Develop and integrate ROS2 nodes, services, and middleware for scalable and modular autonomy architectures.
• Optimize GPU, DSP, NPU, and AI-accelerated workloads for real-time inference, multi-sensor fusion, and deterministic processing under SWaP constraints
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• Integrate autonomy software with PX4-based flight-control platforms and other embedded systems.

Qualcomm SoC & Platform Engineering

• Support Qualcomm SoC platform bring-up
  , including BSP integration,
  Linux/Yocto
  , peripheral enablement, driver integration, and platform debugging.
• Implement and validate secure boot processes including boot-chain validation, trusted firmware stages, secure boot loader handoff, image authentication, and production boot locking
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• Work with platform security features including hardware root of trust, TEE, key provisioning, device identity, encrypted storage, anti-rollback protection, and secure debug control
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• Support production provisioning including fuse programming, root-of-trust provisioning, lifecycle-state transitions, OEM locking, secure factory flashing, and manufacturing controls
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• Troubleshoot issues across boot, encryption, provisioning, OTA updates, and manufacturing test workflows
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System Integration & Middleware

• Implement secure communication between mission computers, autonomy software, flight controllers, sensors, and ground systems
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• Develop APIs and middleware for efficient exchange of mission-critical data.
• Work with ROS2, XRCE-DDS, DDS, MAVLink, and related communication technologies
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• Integrate multiple sensor types including cameras, LiDAR, GNSS, and IMUs
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• Support integration with NXP/PX4-based flight controllers and Qualcomm-based compute platforms.
• Work closely with hardware, software, systems, security, manufacturing, and test teams during end-to-end integration.

Security & Reliability

• Develop end-to-end embedded security covering secure boot, hardware root of trust, chain-of-trust provisioning, encrypted communications, sandboxing, and access control
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• Implement identity and access management for mission-software deployments.
• Conduct threat modelling, vulnerability assessments, and attack-surface analysis
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• Assess security across communication interfaces including RF, GNSS, MAVLink/DDS, compute nodes, and sensor interfaces
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• Apply secure coding and cybersecurity practices aligned with standards such as ISO 27001 and DO-326A
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• Support secure OTA and production security workflows.

Engineering & Dev Ops

• Implement telemetry, logging, diagnostics, and real-time system monitoring
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• Define and follow SDLC, coding, documentation, and software-quality standards.
• Use Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, automated testing, and release-management workflows
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• Support automated testing and validation across integrated hardware/software environments.
• Track engineering KPIs such as test coverage, deployment cycle time, system uptime, software quality, and security issues
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Experience

• 8+ years of experience in robotics, autonomous systems, embedded platforms, mission computing, or safety-critical software development.
• Experience developing complex software for aerospace, robotics, autonomous vehicles, UAVs, or comparable real-time systems
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• Strong hands‑on experience with Qualcomm-based embedded or mission‑computing platforms
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• Experience taking embedded or autonomous systems through development, platform bring‑up, integration, validation, and production deployment
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Technical Skills

• Strong experience with real‑time embedded systems
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• Python for automation, AI/ML workflows, testing, tooling, and data pipelines.
• Strong experience with ROS2, XRCE-DDS, DDS, MAVLink, and modular autonomy architectures
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• Hands‑on experience with Qualcomm SoCs and…