Senior Software Engineer – Mission Computing (m/f/d)

Halian; Abu Dhabi; In loco; AED 400.000 - 650.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Halian is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and maintain secure mission-computing software for autonomous platforms. You will work across autonomy software, embedded Linux, Qualcomm SoC development, flight-controller integration, ROS2 middleware, AI acceleration, cybersecurity, and system integration.

The role spans platform bring-up through integration, validation, and production deployment, collaborating with hardware, software, systems, security, and

Competenze

• 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.
• Strong hands-on experience with Qualcomm-based embedded or mission-computing platforms.
• Experience taking embedded or autonomous systems through development, platform bring-up, integration, validation, and production deployment.

Mansioni

• 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 under SWaP constraints.
• Integrate autonomy software with PX4-based flight-control platforms and other embedded systems.
• Implement secure boot, hardware root of trust, and secure manufacturing procedures.

Conoscenze

Real-time embedded systems

Python

ROS2 / XRCE-DDS

Qualcomm SoCs

Embedded Linux / Yocto

Security / cybersecurity

MAVLink

GPU/AI accelerators

Formazione

BSc in Computer Science / Robotics / Electrical Engineering

MSc (preferred)

Strumenti

Linux (Yocto)

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

ROS2 middleware

Descrizione del lavoro

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.

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.

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.
• 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 bootloader handoff, image authentication, and production boot locking.
• Work with platform security features including hardware root of trust, TEE, key provisioning, device identity, encrypted storage, anti-rollback protection, and secure debug control.
• Support production provisioning including fuse programming, root-of-trust provisioning, lifecycle-state transitions, OEM locking, secure factory flashing, and manufacturing controls.
• Troubleshoot issues across boot, encryption, provisioning, OTA updates, and manufacturing test workflows.

System Integration & Middleware

• Implement secure communication between mission computers, autonomy software, flight controllers, sensors, and ground systems.
• Develop APIs and middleware for efficient exchange of mission-critical data.
• Work with ROS2, XRCE-DDS, DDS, MAVLink, and related communication technologies.
• Integrate multiple sensor types including cameras, LiDAR, GNSS, and IMUs.
• 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.
• Implement identity and access management for mission-software deployments.
• Conduct threat modelling, vulnerability assessments, and attack-surface analysis.
• Assess security across communication interfaces including RF, GNSS, MAVLink/DDS, compute nodes, and sensor interfaces.
• Apply secure coding and cybersecurity practices aligned with standards such as ISO 27001 and DO-326A.
• Support secure OTA and production security workflows.

Engineering & DevOps

• Implement telemetry, logging, diagnostics, and real-time system monitoring.
• Define and follow SDLC, coding, documentation, and software-quality standards.
• Use Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, automated testing, and release-management workflows.
• 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.

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.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Qualcomm-based embedded or mission‑computing platforms.
• Experience taking embedded or autonomous systems through development, platform bring‑up, integration, validation, and production deployment.

Technical Skills

• Strong experience with real‑time embedded systems.
• Python for automation, AI/ML workflows, testing, tooling, and data pipelines.
• Strong experience with ROS2, XRCE-DDS, DDS, MAVLink, and modular autonomy architectures.
• Hands‑on experience with Qualcomm SoCs and mission‑computing platforms.
• Experience with BSP development/integration, Linux, Yocto, boot chains, device drivers, peripheral enablement, and platform debugging.
• Understanding of PX4 flight controllers, MAVLink communication, telemetry, command/​control, and mission‑computer integration.
• Experience with GPU, DSP, NPU, or AI accelerator workloads for real‑time inference and sensor fusion.
• Experience integrating camera, LiDAR, GNSS, IMU, and other embedded sensors.
• Strong understanding of secure boot, hardware root of trust, TEE, key provisioning, device identity, encrypted storage, anti‑rollback, and secure debug.
• Experience with fuse programming/burning, root-of-trust provisioning, factory flashing, lifecycle management, and secure manufacturing procedures.
• Embedded cybersecurity experience covering encrypted communications, sandboxing, access control, threat modelling, secure OTA, and secure coding.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and automated testing.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001 and DO‑326A.
• Strong debugging and cross‑functional hardware/software integration capabilities.

Education & Additional Experience

• Minimum BSc in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• MSc preferred.
• Familiarity with TypeScript/JavaScript for control interfaces and engineering dashboards is advantageous.
• Experience integrating complex systems across multiple engineering teams or organisations is highly desirable.