Senior Autonomy Software Engineer – Ground Control & UAV

Darwin Recruitment; Florida; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health Insurance

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment in Florida, USA is seeking a Senior Autonomy Software Engineer to develop and integrate mission-critical software for autonomous platforms, including ground control stations, mission-planning tools and operator interfaces.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to design, implement and test software across autonomy, navigation, and communications stacks, leveraging C++/C# and frameworks like Qt/QML or WPF.

Qualifications

• Strong C++ and/or C# development experience.
• Python experience is advantageous.
• Experience building ground control stations or operator-facing software for UAV/robotics platforms.
• Familiarity with MAVLink, ArduPilot, PX4, Qt/QML or similar frameworks.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, embedded software and cross-platform development.
• Technical leadership or mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain ground control station and mission planning software.
• Build operator-facing interfaces for vehicle control, telemetry, mapping and mission execution.
• Integrate mission software with onboard autonomy, navigation, communications, sensors and payload systems.
• Develop software interfaces, messaging systems and vehicle-to-ground communications.
• Support software integration, testing, troubleshooting and deployment on operational platforms.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-performance autonomy solutions.

Skills

C++

C#

Python

Tools

Qt/QML

WPF

Job description

Darwin Recruitment in Florida, USA is seeking a Senior Autonomy Software Engineer to develop and integrate mission-critical software for autonomous platforms, including ground control stations, mission-planning tools and operator interfaces.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to design, implement and test software across autonomy, navigation, and communications stacks, leveraging C++/C# and frameworks like Qt/QML or WPF.