Senior Ground Control Engineer – Autonomous Vehicles

Greywright Inc; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Unlimited vacation

Job summary

Greywright Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the build-out of ground control systems for our autonomous vehicle fleet.

You will own software to plan, monitor, and command missions while mentoring engineers and shaping the technical direction for ground control, autonomy, and networks. You will write reliable C++ and Python, contribute to CI/CD, and collaborate with hardware and field teams to ensure robust, secure operation across diverse environments.

Qualifications

• B.S. in CS or a related field.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience in robotic, autonomous, or real-time systems.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and Python; Rust or TypeScript a plus.
• Experience building ground control, command-and-control, or operator software for vehicles or robots.
• Solid understanding of networking, messaging, and data serialization for distributed systems (DDS, ROS 2, Protobuf, MAVLink).
• Experience developing on Linux, including embedded and onboard computers.
• Track record of leading technical design and delivering production software.
• Experience working in, and improving, a large existing codebase.
• Comfort working directly with hardware, test, and field teams.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Lead continued development of Greywright's ground control systems, extending a working baseline with new capabilities.
• Build vehicle-side system software features to requirements set by the GNC, autonomy, networks, electrical, and systems teams.
• Evolve the architecture for communication between ground control and vehicles over telemetry, commands, and data logging links.
• Design ground control software that supports multiple vehicles and integrates third-party OEM systems.
• Write reliable, well-tested code in C++, Python, Rust, or similar languages, and set coding standards for the team.
• Strengthen and expand CI/CD, simulation, and hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure.
• Ensure software is secure, robust, and degrades gracefully when links or components fail.
• Support integration, testing, and field operations, and debug issues across the full stack.
• Lead design and code reviews, and mentor other engineers.

Skills

C++

Python

Rust

TypeScript

Ground control

ROS 2

DDS

Protobuf

MAVLink

Linux

Embedded

Leadership

Code reviews

Security clearance

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Gazebo

Qt

ROS 2

Job description

Greywright Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the build-out of ground control systems for our autonomous vehicle fleet.

You will own software to plan, monitor, and command missions while mentoring engineers and shaping the technical direction for ground control, autonomy, and networks. You will write reliable C++ and Python, contribute to CI/CD, and collaborate with hardware and field teams to ensure robust, secure operation across diverse environments.