Software Engineer, Platform

Software Engineer, Platform

Aero Vect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top‑tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving.

• Design, build, and maintain custom Ubuntu/Linux distributions tailored for real‑time, safety‑critical autonomous vehicle workloads.
• Optimize and tune ROS 2 DDS middleware (e.g., Cyclone DDS, Fast DDS) for low‑latency, high‑throughput multi‑sensor data flows.
• Develop, integrate, and maintain kernel modules and user‑space drivers for LiDARs, cameras, radars, GNSS/INS, CAN, and other vehicle interfaces.
• Maintain and expand the network interfaces of the system.
• Implement observability and logging solutions to monitor system health, performance, and resource utilization in both lab and field deployments.
• Collaborate with autonomy, perception, and controls engineers to profile CPU/GPU usage and remove bottlenecks across the stack.
• Harden the platform for production by applying security patches, enforcing secure boot, and implementing over‑the‑air (OTA) update pipelines.
• Own CI/CD pipelines for OS images and driver packages; automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Provide on‑call support for platform components during field trials and customer pilots.
• Contribute to technical documentation and best‑practice guidelines for internal and external developers.

• 3+ years of experience developing or maintaining Linux‑based embedded or robotics platforms.
• Proficiency in C++ and Python.
• Hands‑on experience with ROS 1 or ROS 2 in a production or research setting.
• Knowledge of DDS internals and QoS tuning for deterministic data delivery.
• Strong grasp of real‑time performance tuning, profiling tools (perf, eBPF, tracing), and resource‑constrained optimization.
• Experience with Git, Docker/OCI containers.

• Prior work on autonomous vehicles, drones, or other safety‑critical robotic systems.
• Experience with ptp4l configurations in complex systems.
• Familiarity with common communication buses and protocols (USB, Ethernet, CAN, PCIe, SPI, I2C).
• Experience with v4l2/gstreamer.
• Deep knowledge of Ubuntu or Linux systems, including package management, systemd, networking, and kernel configuration.
• Experience with Nvidia Orin/Jetson platforms.
• Experience with Yocto.
• Experience customizing the Linux kernel for  or other real‑time patches.
• Familiarity with GPU acceleration frameworks (CUDA, Vulkan) and heterogeneous compute scheduling.
• Experience integrating functional safety libraries and tools (e.g., MISRA, ISO 26262 compliance workflow).
• Experience writing or debugging kernel modules and user‑space drivers.
• Comfort working in a fast‑paced startup environment and supporting field deployments at airports or other industrial sites.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Airlines and Aviation