Senior Staff Application Software Engineer — Remote

Redwire; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matching 401(k)

Paid PTO

Paid holidays

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Group Short-Term & Long-Term Disabled

HSA and FSA Options

Critical Care Plan

Accident Care Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Redwire is seeking a Staff Application Software Engineer to shape the architecture and evolution of mission-critical operator software across UAS product lines. You will mentor engineers, influence executive decisions, and lead cross-functional initiatives spanning autonomy, avionics, test, and production.

The role emphasizes enterprise-wide software architecture, real-time data handling, and a strong focus on operator workflows within a distributed ground-system ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 10–15 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proven track record as a technical leader for large-scale, multi-program software systems.
• Experience defining architecture and long-term evolution of mission-critical applications.
• Significant experience integrating with avionics, autonomy, GNC, or ground control systems.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor senior-level engineers and lead complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Expert-level proficiency in C++, C#, Python, or other core languages used in aerospace application development.
• Deep expertise with UI/visualization frameworks (Qt, WPF, WinUI, or similar).
• Mastery of real-time data handling, multi-threaded processing, networked systems, and distributed communication frameworks (DDS, ZeroMQ, MAVLink, ROS2, STANAG-4586).
• Extensive experience designing modular architectures, interface standards, and enterprise-level software frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide application software architecture across multiple UAS platforms.
• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives spanning avionics, autonomy, test engineering, GNC, and operator experience teams.
• Direct system design choices—including frameworks, interfaces, API standards, and data pipelines.
• Review, approve, and guide high-impact technical proposals and software integrations.
• Lead resolution of complex system-wide issues involving multiple subsystems and safety constraints.
• Drive long-term roadmap planning with technical leadership for feature prioritization.
• Mentor engineers and strengthen architectural leadership within the software team.
• Represent software in customer meetings, design reviews, and executive briefings.

Skills

Technical leadership

C++/C#/Python

Architectural design

UI/Visualization

Real-time telemetry

DevOps/CI-CD

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

System integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Qt

WPF

WinUI

DDS

ZeroMQ

MAVLink

ROS2

STANAG-4586

Job description

Redwire is seeking a Staff Application Software Engineer to shape the architecture and evolution of mission-critical operator software across UAS product lines. You will mentor engineers, influence executive decisions, and lead cross-functional initiatives spanning autonomy, avionics, test, and production.

The role emphasizes enterprise-wide software architecture, real-time data handling, and a strong focus on operator workflows within a distributed ground-system ecosystem.