Autonomy Drone Embedded Engineer – Impactful C++/Python

Auterion; Manassas (VA); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Stock Options

401k

Enhanced maternity & paternity leave

Zusammenfassung

Auterion is seeking a Software Embedded Engineer at multiple levels for a hands-on autonomous drone software team. You will work across the autonomy lifecycle, from feature development to real-world flight data analysis, contributing to architecture decisions and robust implementations in a lean, high-impact setting.

You will collaborate with hardware, product, and partners to define system requirements, design distributed state machines, ensure safety, and participate in reviews and

Qualifikationen

• 1+ years of professional engineering experience in robotics, embedded systems, or distributed systems.
• Proficiency in modern C++ or Python with experience in highly concurrent systems.
• Embedded systems experience near hardware on real-time or safety-critical platforms.
• Strong architectural understanding of distributed systems and consensus designs.
• Familiarity with release management, versioned artifacts, and pinned dependencies.
• Experience with PX4, MAVLink and related drone software ecosystems is a plus.
• Stock Options
• 401k
• Enhanced maternity & paternity leave

Aufgaben

• Take ownership and drive the development of new features across the autonomy stack and partner integrations.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers, product managers, and external partners to define system requirements and translate them into robust software architecture.
• Design and implement robust distributed state machines, leader election protocols, and fault-tolerant architectures.
• Deliver clean, readable and maintainable code while managing complex concurrency and contention scenarios.
• Develop and run rigorous tests using SITL/HITL environments to validate code before deployment.
• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical documentation to elevate engineering standards.
• Take decisive action during flight-test investigations, applying engineering judgment to physical failure modes and release safety.

Jobbeschreibung

Auterion is seeking a Software Embedded Engineer at multiple levels for a hands-on autonomous drone software team. You will work across the autonomy lifecycle, from feature development to real-world flight data analysis, contributing to architecture decisions and robust implementations in a lean, high-impact setting.

You will collaborate with hardware, product, and partners to define system requirements, design distributed state machines, ensure safety, and participate in reviews and