Senior Software Engineer – Drone & Ground Station Systems

Forest Recruiting Group aka Affiliated Recruiters Network; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Forest Recruiting Group in California seeks a software engineer to maintain and extend an ASR C++ code base for ground station and drone operations.

You will develop new algorithms, extend communications protocols, and contribute to software architecture and development processes in a Linux environment with POSIX support. Strong C++ and OO design skills, plus experience in Agile, are required.

US citizen required; the role is based in California with on-site work expectations.

Qualifications

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Strong C++ development experience including STL.
• Frontend web development using HTML CSS, Java Script
• Backend wed development using Python
• Android development using Java or Kotlin
• Strong grasp and preference for object-oriented development methodologies
• Strong mathematical and/or physics background including comfort with vector operations
• Expert in coding in C and C++ including the standard template library
• Advanced low-level knowledge such as compiler operation and memory management
• Experience developing in a Linux environment including use of POSIX and similar libraries
• Comfort working independently with limited oversight
• Ability to remain calm and effective under operational pressure
• Experience with software development processes such as Agile
• Experience with aerospace software development processes

Responsibilities

• Maintain and extend ASR C++ code base for ground station and drone operations
• Development of new algorithms
• Modifications and extension of our communications protocol
• Software architecture and engineering process development

Skills

C++ development

Object-oriented design

Linux/POSIX

Frontend HTML/CSS/JS

Python backend

Android Java/Kotlin

C/C++ STL

Memory management

Agile

Autonomy systems

Education

BS in CS or related field

Tools

Git

ROS

Embedded Linux

Job description

Forest Recruiting Group in California seeks a software engineer to maintain and extend an ASR C++ code base for ground station and drone operations.

You will develop new algorithms, extend communications protocols, and contribute to software architecture and development processes in a Linux environment with POSIX support. Strong C++ and OO design skills, plus experience in Agile, are required.

US citizen required; the role is based in California with on-site work expectations.