Senior Mission Software Engineer, Vehicle Software, C++Active$253K

Costa Mesa, California, United StatesManufacturing

The opportunity

Air Dominance & Strike (AD&S) is responsible for autonomous robotics systems like the Fury unmanned fighter jet and the Barracuda family of advanced effects. The AD&S Vehicle Software team is responsible for the software running on these systems.

What you'll do

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.

  • + years of production-grade C++ and/or Rust experience in a Linux development environment

  • Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis

  • Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases

  • A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact

What they're looking for

  • Strong background with focus in Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning: to inform modeling & simulation (M&S) and physical systems
  • Developing and testing multi-agent autonomous systems and deploying in real-world environments.
  • Feature and algorithm development with an understanding of behavior trees.
  • Developing software/hardware for flight systems and safety critical functionality.
  • Distributed communication networks and message standards
  • Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics