Senior Software Integration Engineer, Quantum Sensing & UAS

Entangled Future; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

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

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Embedded systems

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Cross-team communication

Systems thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or related field

Tools

C

C++

Rust

Python

Job description

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