Software Engineer (Temp)

This Software Engineering role is within the Uncrewed Land and Air Systems division. Our team is engaged in multiple cutting-edge development programs for defense applications. A strong candidate for this role will possess a history of software development for robotic/autonomous applications. Required experience includes software/hardware interface development, software integration, and a history of working in a fast-paced team environment.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Providing engineering support on both current and next generation technologies in support of our family of uncrewed ground and air products
• Participating in software development of new products across all phases of the product lifecycle from concept development to lab and offsite integration and evaluation
  • Estimation, requirements, design, implementation, review, testing, documentation, and release
• Taking technical leadership/ownership of software components and systems
• Integrating internal and third-party software solutions into our products
• Interfacing directly with the customer
• Collaborating with the software engineering team and other engineering disciplines to create functional systems
• Mentoring others within the team
• Performing trade studies
• Supporting onsite & offsite integration and test
• Driving process improvement
• (Potential) Leading software development efforts
  • Estimating, scope management, task generation/assignment, status reporting, etc.
  • (Potential) Attending industry conferences/events to gauge competition and find new opportunities

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree (in computer science or computer engineering or related field) required with 5+ years of experience or master’s degree (in computer science or computer engineering or related field) with 2+ years of experience in addition to the following skills/experience:

Required:

• Understanding of robotics systems including sensors, actuators, mechanical, algorithms and software systems
• Proficiency in C/C++ programming
• Proficiency with Unix based operating systems
• Proficiency with shell scripting
• Knowledgeable of Object-Oriented Analysis (OOA)/Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
• Experience using configuration management tools such as Git or Mercurial
• Effective writing and presentation skills
• Experience interacting directly with customers
• Ability to work in teams and independently with minimal direction
• Traveling up to 15% of the time
• Eligibility to obtain a Secret Clearance

Preferred:

• Professional experience in autonomous driving/flight or robotics industry with experience in software/system integration and on-field testing
• Professional experience with integrating or designing autonomous solutions for land and/or air platforms
  • Experience with MicroPilot’s autopilot software
  • Experience with MOOS DB/IvP
• Experience with Qt projects/libraries
• Experience with OpenDDS
• Experience with containerization platforms such as Docker
• Experience with Network/Serial/CAN interface development
• Experience frontend technologies including (but not limited to) CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, REST API, databases (SQL or NoSQL), and web UI design
• Experience with automation build servers such as Jenkins
• Experience with workflow management tools such as Jira
• Experience with static code analysis tools such as Coverity
• Experience developing MCP Servers and MCP Tools for use with LMMs
• Experience with AI software development and workflow tools
• Experience with MIL-STD-882E software development
• Experience with UML or MBSE tools like MagicDraw