Senior Payloads & Integrations Software Engineer

Firestorm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Equity grants

Unlimited PTO

Holiday calendar

Parental Leave

Life insurance

Job summary

Firestorm in San Diego, CA, is seeking a Senior Software Integration Engineer to join the Payloads & Integrations team. This role accelerates the integration of new mission payloads and capabilities into Firestorm's autonomous systems, linking cameras, radios, sensors, and other equipment through SDKs, APIs, and custom workflows.

You will collaborate with the core software organization to rapidly develop, validate, and upstream production-ready integrations, working across software and hardware

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• U.S. Citizenship required due to ITAR regulations.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong programming ability in C++, Python, Rust, Go, Java, TypeScript, or similar.
• Demonstrated history of holding yourself and your teammates to a high standard.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals across multiple stack layers.
• Strong Linux experience with command-line workflows and debugging.
• Networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, UDP, routing and troubleshooting.
• Experience integrating software with external systems via APIs/SDKs.
• Ability to quickly understand and modify large codebases.
• Experience developing production software in fast-moving environments.
• Experience with Git including branching and upstream contributions.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain software interfaces between payload hardware, mission applications, and autonomy systems.
• Integrate SDKs and APIs for cameras, gimbals, radios, sensors, and other equipment.
• Develop tools and applications supporting payload configuration, monitoring, and control.
• Customize mission applications such as QGroundControl and TAK-based interfaces.
• Debug complex systems spanning Linux, networking, hardware interfaces, and distributed software components.
• Build Docker-based deployment workflows for fielded software capabilities.
• Work in a side-branch development process and upstream production-ready changes.
• Participate in field testing, demonstrations, and integration activities.

Skills

5+ years experience

C++, Python, Rust, Go, Java, TypeName?

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Job description

Firestorm in San Diego, CA, is seeking a Senior Software Integration Engineer to join the Payloads & Integrations team. This role accelerates the integration of new mission payloads and capabilities into Firestorm's autonomous systems, linking cameras, radios, sensors, and other equipment through SDKs, APIs, and custom workflows.

You will collaborate with the core software organization to rapidly develop, validate, and upstream production-ready integrations, working across software and hardware