Senior Software Integration Engineer - UAS & Quantum Sensing

Q-CTRL; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility

Equity potential

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Q-CTRL is seeking a Senior Software Integration Engineer to own deployment, configuration, and readiness of navigation and quantum sensing software on UAS platforms. You will work hands-on to bring up sensor stacks, verify operation before flight, and manage data flow for analysis.

You will collaborate with systems, hardware, and HQ software teams to mature deployment, testing, and release practices for hardware-in-the-loop and fielded systems, joining a growing US-based engineering team

Qualifications

• 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 languages 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.
• Experience in defense, aerospace, autonomy, robotics, or navigation systems is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own software deployment and configuration on UAS platforms, ensuring alignment with HQ releases.
• Bring up and verify full sensor, driver, transport, and navigation stacks prior to lab tests and flight operations.
• Act as the on-site software authority during field trials, diagnosing and resolving issues.
• Extensive travel (domestic and international) and coordination across time zones.
• Retrieve, validate, and organize test and flight data for HQ teams.
• Collaborate 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.
• Perform other duties within skills and with appropriate training.

Skills

C

C++

Rust

Python

Linux

CI/CD

DevOps

Sensor drivers

UAS platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering

Tools

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

Q-CTRL is seeking a Senior Software Integration Engineer to own deployment, configuration, and readiness of navigation and quantum sensing software on UAS platforms. You will work hands-on to bring up sensor stacks, verify operation before flight, and manage data flow for analysis.

You will collaborate with systems, hardware, and HQ software teams to mature deployment, testing, and release practices for hardware-in-the-loop and fielded systems, joining a growing US-based engineering team