Software Engineer – Flight Automation & Drone Integrations

Airpelago; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual winter office abroad

Recurring company gatherings

Job summary

Airpelago is building the flight automation software for autonomous drone inspections of power grids. You will join a team developing end-to-end mission planning, execution and monitoring, and you will integrate new drone platforms and payloads into our system.

You will work close to hardware, data, and operators in production, with field testing and hands-on experimentation. The role emphasizes safety, reliability, and ownership in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Experience integrating hardware and software – drones, cameras, sensors or robotics – is a strong advantage.
• Comfort with SDKs, APIs and vendor documentation of varying quality.
• Willingness to field test with real aircraft and travel as needed.
• Structured approach to testing and safety in systems with physical consequences.
• Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of a technical domain.
• Full proficiency in Swedish and English, both written and verbal.
• Valid B driver’s license; comfortable outdoors and traveling for field testing.
• Experience with camera geometry is a strong plus: projections, calibration, coordinate transforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain flight automation software from mission planning to in-flight execution.
• Integrate new drone platforms, flight controllers and payloads into our system.
• Work with manufacturer SDKs and APIs and evaluate hardware for technical fit.
• Build tooling and abstractions to support multiple drone platforms without duplication of work.
• Test and validate work in the field with operations and testing engineers.
• Debug cross software/hardware issues: logs, telemetry, radio links, sensors.
• Contribute to architecture, safety and reliability decisions for autonomous flight.
• Take ownership of your domain end to end, from idea to production.

Skills

Software development

Hardware integration

SDKs/APIs

Autonomous systems

Field testing

Safety in systems

Ownership

Tools

MAVLink

DJI SDKs

Job description

At Airpelago, we are pioneering the inspection of power grids with drones. We combine modern drone technology, proprietary software, and expertise in drone regulations to help grid owners inspect and get insights about their assets, which our society is dependent on. As we continue to scale, we are looking for a Software Engineer to develop the flight automation software that makes our inspections autonomous, and to bring new drone platforms and payloads into our system.

Your mission

You will build and improve the software that plans, executes and monitors autonomous inspection flights. You will also develop integrations with new drone platforms and payloads, from evaluating an SDK to having the aircraft fly a full mission with our software in the field. You will work close to the hardware, close to the data, and close to the people who operate the system in production.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain our flight automation software, from mission planning to in-flight execution.
• Integrate new drone platforms, flight controllers, and payloads (cameras, LiDAR, sensors) into our system.
• Work with manufacturer SDKs and APIs, and evaluate new hardware for technical fit.
• Build the tooling and abstractions that let us support several drone platforms without duplicating work.
• Test and validate your work in the field, together with our operations and testing engineers.
• Debug issues that cross the software/hardware boundary: logs, telemetry, radio links, and sensors.
• Contribute to technical decisions on architecture, safety and reliability of autonomous flight.
• Take ownership of your domain end to end, from idea to production.

What we're looking for

• At least 3 years of software development experience.
• Experience integrating hardware and software - drones, cameras, sensors, embedded systems or robotics is a strong advantage.
• Comfort working with SDKs, APIs and vendor documentation of varying quality.
• Interest in getting out of the office: this role includes field testing with real aircraft.
• Structured approach to testing and safety in systems where failures have physical consequences.
• Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of a technical domain.
• Full proficiency in Swedish and English, both written and verbal.
• A valid B driver’s license, with comfort working outdoors and travelling for field testing.
• Experience with camera geometry is a strong plus: projection models, calibration (intrinsics/extrinsics), and coordinate transformations.

Experience with MAVLink and DJI SDKs is beneficial but not a requirement. Curiosity and the ability to learn a new platform quickly matter more to us!

Why join Airpelago?

You will play a central role in transforming an industry with automated aerial data. We are currently on an exciting growth journey, and you will become part of a driven, passionate, and highly skilled team. We believe in achieving great things while having fun along the way - including an annual winter office abroad and recurring company gatherings. We offer a dynamic, high-trust environment where our technical innovations directly impact real-world operations and commercial success.