Drone Swarm Autonomy Software Engineer

Findrs; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Findrs is recruiting a UAS Software Engineer — Autonomy & Onboard Systems to join a team turning individual aircraft into a coordinated system. You’ll work across onboard software, systems autonomy and cloud integration to connect the aircraft to the bigger picture.

You’ll help develop onboard software, build hardware abstraction layers, and connect systems with MQTT and AWS across edge, IoT and cloud to support swarm orchestration.

Qualifications

• Experience in robotics or UAV software.
• Ability to integrate onboard and cloud systems across architectures.
• Hands-on experience with MQTT, AWS and onboard firmware.
• Interest in autonomy and embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop onboard software and firmware for unmanned aircraft.
• Build hardware abstraction layers for cross‑stack integration.
• Connect aircraft systems with cloud orchestration using MQTT and AWS.
• Solve deployment and networking challenges across edge, IoT and cloud.
• Develop foundations for drone swarm orchestration.
• Shape the architecture as infrastructure evolves toward AWS.
• Collaborate between flight-control engineers and cloud data teams.

Skills

Onboard software

Firmware development

Cloud integration

MQTT

AWS

Edge computing

IoT

Drone swarm

Embedded software

System architecture

Job description

Findrs is recruiting a UAS Software Engineer — Autonomy & Onboard Systems to join a team turning individual aircraft into a coordinated system. You’ll work across onboard software, systems autonomy and cloud integration to connect the aircraft to the bigger picture.

You’ll help develop onboard software, build hardware abstraction layers, and connect systems with MQTT and AWS across edge, IoT and cloud to support swarm orchestration.