Senior Field Software Engineer — Remote Advanced Missions

PDW; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) with match

PTO & flexible leave

EAP

Job summary

Performance Drone Works (PDW) is seeking a Senior Field Software Engineer to join the Advanced Mission Group. You will work directly with operators and customers to turn evolving mission needs into rapid, field-ready software capabilities.

The role emphasizes pragmatic software building, systems integration, and field-deployed solutions, often with limited documentation and tight timelines. You will help define operating limits for prototypes and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development, field engineering, or related hands-on work.
• Ability to prototype and deploy software quickly in ambiguous environments.
• Experience with C++ and Python on Linux-based systems.

Responsibilities

• Engage with operators and customers during field tests to identify needed software solutions.
• Translate operational needs into concrete software behaviors and test criteria.
• Design, build, and deploy proof-of-concept software and data pipelines for field use.
• Integrate third-party sensors, payloads, and vendor tools with PDW platforms.
• Troubleshoot across application, OS, network, and hardware boundaries in real time.
• Document interfaces, dependencies, and test results for prototype transition to product.

Skills

C++

Python

Field engineering

Linux

Systems integration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/SE

Tools

MAVLink

ROS 2

DDS

ATAK

Job description

Performance Drone Works (PDW) is seeking a Senior Field Software Engineer to join the Advanced Mission Group. You will work directly with operators and customers to turn evolving mission needs into rapid, field-ready software capabilities.

The role emphasizes pragmatic software building, systems integration, and field-deployed solutions, often with limited documentation and tight timelines. You will help define operating limits for prototypes and collaborate with cross-functional teams.