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What you'll be doing
- Own software deployment and configuration on UAS platforms, ensuring alignment with fast-moving HQ software 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 software and system-level issues.
- The role will involve intermittent domestic and international travel and regular communication across time zone
- Retrieve, validate, and organize test and flight data for delivery to HQ software and science teams.
- Work closely with systems, hardware, and HQ software engineers to close integration gaps.
- Contribute to improving deployment workflows, testing, and CI/CD processes for hardware-integrated software.
- Lead strategic communication with internal teams and external partners.
- Other duties within the Employee’s skills and experience, or with reasonable training.
Ideally you’ll have
- 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 language 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.
This position may require access to information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be 'U.S. persons' as defined in 22 CFR §120.62
Role context
This Sr. Software Integration Engineer role at Q Ctrl sits in the engineering track within defense and autonomy. The position is tied to Huntsville and is posted within the last 28 days, which signals active hiring intent rather than archived demand. Compensation is not disclosed in the source listing, so candidates should verify range details directly with the employer. Combined with the live company and role links on this page, this listing gives candidates a direct path to compare equivalent openings by employer, market, and role focus.
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