Rust Systems Engineer for Autonomous Drone Platform Remote

helsing.ai; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid time off

Medical and travel insurance

Remote work options

Job summary

Helsing.ai in Washington, DC is seeking a Systems-Level Software Engineer to work on Altra, a drone software platform. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in software engineering, particularly in Rust or similar systems-level languages. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining systems that perform reliably in challenging environments.

Join a mission-driven team focused on advancing autonomous capabilities and contributing to national defense.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in systems-level software engineering.
• Experience with AI/ML pipelines and handling inference outputs.
• Familiarity with robotics, embedded systems, or protocol design.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building Rust services across the platform.
• Collaborating with ML engineers to integrate AI/ML pipelines.
• Contributing to autonomy features and real-time system management.

Skills

Proficient in Rust

Experience in C++

Building distributed systems

Familiar with Python

Experience with real-time systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Simulation environments

Job description

Helsing.ai in Washington, DC is seeking a Systems-Level Software Engineer to work on Altra, a drone software platform. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in software engineering, particularly in Rust or similar systems-level languages. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining systems that perform reliably in challenging environments.

Join a mission-driven team focused on advancing autonomous capabilities and contributing to national defense.