Software Engineer

Blue Signal Search; Aberdeen (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + equity

Equity participation

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Generous PTO and holidays

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Blue Signal Search is seeking a Software Engineer in North Carolina to help expand a fast‑growing engineering team near the product and mission. You will influence architecture, solve complex problems, and move ideas from concept through validation and deployment in a hands‑on setting.

The role emphasizes ownership, cross‑functional collaboration, and real‑world impact in national security and unmanned systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related technical field preferred.
• Equivalent practical experience building and delivering complex systems will also be considered.
• Candidates should be comfortable in a defense-aligned environment and able to meet standard background screening requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver production‑ready software for autonomous or mission critical systems.
• Create reusable libraries and services to support multiple products and future growth.
• Build features that improve mission workflows, operator experience, and system performance.
• Collaborate across software, hardware, test, and manufacturing to move products from concept to field use.
• Support simulation, bench validation, and live system testing to improve reliability and readiness.
• Investigate software issues observed in operational environments and implement durable fixes.
• Contribute ideas to improve engineering workflows, product capability, and development speed.

Skills

C++

Python

Robotics

Autonomous systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Mathematics/Physics or related field

Tools

MAVLink

PX4

ArduPilot

Docker

Geospatial tooling

Offline-first systems

Multi-agent autonomy

Job description

Our client is building advanced autonomous technology for demanding real world environments, and they are hiring a Software Engineer to help expand a fast-growing engineering team in North Carolina. This is an opportunity to work close to the product, close to the mission, and close to decision makers. The person in this role will have the chance to influence architecture, solve complex technical problems, and help move ideas from concept through validation and deployment in a highly hands on setting. The environment is best suited for an engineer who enjoys ownership, cross functional collaboration, and meaningful work tied to national security and next generation unmanned systems.

This Role Offers

• Competitive base compensation with flexibility for exceptional talent
• Meaningful equity participation as part of total rewards
• Company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off plus holidays
• Strong opportunity to help shape products, team culture, and engineering direction during a major growth phase

Focus

• Design and deliver production ready software for autonomous or mission critical systems
• Create reusable libraries and services that can support multiple products and future platform growth
• Build features that improve mission workflows, operator experience, and system level performance
• Work across software, hardware, test, and manufacturing groups to move products from concept into field use
• Support simulation, bench validation, and live system testing to improve reliability and readiness
• Investigate software issues observed in operational environments and implement durable fixes
• Help define application behavior for autonomy, mission execution, and subsystem integration
• Contribute ideas that improve engineering workflows, product capability, and development speed

Skill Set

• 3 plus years of experience developing software in C plus plus and or Python
• Background in robotics, autonomous systems, aerospace, defense, automotive, or other high reliability environments
• Strong fundamentals in algorithms, concurrency, software design, debugging, and optimization
• Experience integrating software into larger systems that include hardware, messaging layers, or sensor inputs
• Ability to solve problems independently and work effectively in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• Comfort working onsite with a deeply collaborative engineering team
• Helpful experience includes MAVLink, PX4, ArduPilot, Docker, geospatial tooling, offline first systems, or multi agent autonomy
• Experience supporting deployed systems and working through field issues is strongly valued

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field preferred
• Equivalent practical experience building and delivering complex systems will also be considered
• Candidates should be comfortable in a defense aligned environment and able to meet standard background screening requirements

Preferred Profile

• Engineer first, specialist second
• Able to move from concept to build to test to deployment
• Enjoys broad ownership rather than narrow task execution
• Interested in working on autonomous technologies with real operational impact