Senior Systems Software Engineer

NODA AI; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

NODA AI in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Systems Software Engineer to join a veteran-owned, venture-backed team transforming unmanned systems for complex, mission-critical environments. You will operate at the seam between software, networking, RF, and hardware, diagnosing issues that arise in degraded or denied conditions and writing software or selecting the right test tools to prove findings.

The role involves collaboration across subsystems with travel typical around 20% and up to 50%

Responsibilities

• Work at the seam between software, networking, RF, and hardware to diagnose issues.
• Identify where in the stack a problem lives and write the software or use a multimeter to prove it.

Job description

Senior Systems Software Engineer

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid on-site, with travel)
Travel: ~20% typical; up to ~50% during field exercises and partner/military deployments
Clearance: U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a security clearance

About NODA

NODA is a veteran-owned, venture-backed technology company transforming how unmanned systems collaborate in complex, mission-critical environments. As NODA scales across products, partners, and deployment environments, keeping the system coherent in practice — not just on paper — is what separates a platform that works in the field from one that only works in a demo.

Our Systems Software Engineers are the people who can stand at the seam between subsystems — software, networking, RF, and hardware — and make sense of what's actually happening when something breaks in degraded, contested, or denied conditions. You won't be the deepest RF, networking, or hardware specialist in the room, but you'll be able to hold your own in that conversation, pinpoint where in the stack a problem actually lives, and write the software — or pick up a multimeter — needed to prove it.

The Role

As a Systems Software Engineer