Senior Software Integration Engineer

Entangled Future; Huntsville (AL); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Q-CTRL in Huntsville, AL seeks a Senior Software Integration Engineer to own deployment, configuration, and readiness of navigation and quantum sensing software on UAS platforms. You will bring up full sensor and navigation stacks, verify operation before flight, and ensure data flows smoothly for analysis with HQ software and systems teams.

This hands-on role emphasizes rapid integration of HQ releases and field trials within a growing defense-focused team, with ITAR constraints and occasional

Formación

• Must have strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience deploying on Linux-based embedded/UAS platforms.
• Ability to collaborate across software, hardware, and research teams.

Responsabilidades

• Own software deployment and configuration on UAS platforms.
• Bring up and verify full sensor, driver, transport, and navigation stacks before lab tests and flight operations.
• Act as on-site software authority during field trials; diagnose and resolve issues.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed.
• Retrieve, validate, and organize test and flight data for HQ software and science teams.
• Work with systems, hardware, and HQ software engineers to close integration gaps.
• Improve deployment workflows, testing, and CI/CD for hardware-integrated software.
• Lead strategic communication with internal teams and external partners.
• Other duties within the Employee’s skills and experience, or with reasonable training.

Conocimientos

Embedded systems

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Cross-team communication

Systems thinking

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or related field

Herramientas

C

C++

Rust

Python

Descripción del empleo

• The posting says U.S. export-control rules apply, which can limit who the employer is able to hire.

The Sensing R&D team at Q-CTRL transforms quantum research into deployable technologies that address real-world problems. We design, build, and field-validate an array of quantum sensors that support our key products, including Ironstone Opal - our solution for GPS-denied navigation.

You don't need a background in quantum to make an impact here. We value strong engineering fundamentals, a product mindset, and a drive to solve the hardest engineering problems in quantum sensing today.

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Software Integration Engineer to own the deployment, configuration, and operational readiness of Q-CTRL’s navigation and quantum sensing software on UAS platforms. This role is hands-on and execution focused, ensuring rapidly evolving software developed at HQ is correctly integrated, configured, tested, and run on real platforms in lab and field environments.

You will work closely with systems and hardware engineers, and HQ software teams to bring up full sensor and navigation stacks, verify correct operation prior to flight, and manage data flow for analysis. As Q-CTRL’s quantum sensing technology matures, you will help establish robust deployment, testing, and release practices for hardware-in-the-loop and fielded systems.

You will join a growing global engineering team, working as part of a small US-based group supporting defense and aerospace programs, and operating at the intersection of software, hardware, and field operations.

This position may require access to information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be 'U.S. persons' as defined in 22 CFR §120.62

What you'll do

• 01 Own software deployment and configuration on UAS platforms, ensuring alignment with fast-moving HQ software releases.
• 02 Bring up and verify full sensor, driver, transport, and navigation stacks prior to lab tests and flight operations.
• 03 Act as the on-site software authority during field trials, diagnosing and resolving software and system-level issues.
• 04 The role will involve intermittent domestic and international travel and regular communication across time zone
• 05 Retrieve, validate, and organize test and flight data for delivery to HQ software and science teams.
• 06 Work closely with systems, hardware, and HQ software engineers to close integration gaps.
• 07 Contribute to improving deployment workflows, testing, and CI/CD processes for hardware-integrated software.
• 08 Lead strategic communication with internal teams and external partners.
• 09 Other duties within the Employee’s skills and experience, or with reasonable training.

Nice to have

• A Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or a related field
• Experience deploying and operating software on Linux based embedded, robotics, or UAS platforms.
• Experience with numerical software and/or algorithm development, with an emphasis on inertial navigation, state estimation, data fusion, or optimization.
• Proficiency with systems programming language such as C, C++, Rust and Python
• Experience setting up and maintaining continuous integration systems
• Familiarity with DevOps practices applied to hardware systems
• Experience working with sensor drivers, middleware, and data transport layers.
• Ability to work effectively across software, hardware, systems and research teams.

Q-CTRL, a 2017 University of Sydney spinout, writes the control software that helps quantum computers give better answers, teaches quantum skills through Black Opal, and builds Ironstone Opal, a quantum navigation system that works without GPS.