Senior UAV Flight Software Architect

Kratos Unmanned Systems; Oklahoma City (OK); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kratos Unmanned Systems in Oklahoma City seeks a Principal Software Engineer V (UAV Embedded) to architect and implement mission-critical flight software for next-generation UAVs, interfacing with avionics hardware and MATLAB/Simulink.

You will lead software design, mentor engineers, and ensure deterministic control across flight computers, with hybrid work from the office Tue/Wed/Thu in OKC.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computing Science, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other technical discipline, or 18 years of experience in lieu of a BS.
• 15 years of C/C++ programming experience.
• 3+ years aerospace/aviation/UAV software engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of OOP and RTOS.
• Experience with software development life-cycle and documenting software requirements.
• Hands-on troubleshooting of hardware-in-the-loop simulation and firmware updates.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance (U.S. Citizenship required).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test C++ flight software and interfaces with sensors, actuators, and hardware.
• Analyze and decompose system requirements with other engineering disciplines.
• Create software requirements specs, test descriptions, designs, and reports.
• Design, implement, test, and document software per KUAS specifications.
• Mentor mid-level software engineers.
• Work in a hybrid setup from the Oklahoma City office (Tue/Wed/Thu).

Skills

C++ flight software

RTOS

Object-Oriented

Software development life-cycle

Education

BS in Computing/CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

VxWorks

LabView

Job description

Kratos Unmanned Systems in Oklahoma City seeks a Principal Software Engineer V (UAV Embedded) to architect and implement mission-critical flight software for next-generation UAVs, interfacing with avionics hardware and MATLAB/Simulink.

You will lead software design, mentor engineers, and ensure deterministic control across flight computers, with hybrid work from the office Tue/Wed/Thu in OKC.