7 hours ago
San Diego, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$145k - $165k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own integration of third-party SDKs, APIs, and software systems from partners and government into Firestorm aircraft and Firestorm OS.
- Build and maintain interfaces between external systems, mission applications, autonomy systems, and Firestorm OS.
- Integrate cameras, gimbals, radios, sensors, and other third-party payloads from concept through release.
- Develop tools and applications for system configuration, monitoring, control, and integration.
- Debug problems spanning Linux, networking, hardware interfaces, and distributed software components.
- Collaborate with the core software team to make integrations production-ready and contribute changes to shared repositories.
- Participate in field testing, demonstrations, and operational integration activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong C++ programming ability and software engineering fundamentals.
- Experience working across multiple layers of the software stack and developing reliable production software.
- Strong Linux experience, including command-line workflows, debugging, and system administration.
- Networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, UDP, routing, and network troubleshooting.
- Experience integrating software with external systems through APIs, SDKs, or communication protocols.
- Ability to understand and modify large existing codebases quickly.
- Experience with Git, branching, and contributing changes to shared production repositories.
- Strong written and verbal communication and ability to collaborate across software and hardware engineering teams.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
- Preferred: experience with autonomous systems, robotics, aircraft, complex embedded products, MAVLink, PX4, ArduPilot, SDKs, hardware abstraction layers, or platform APIs.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan, equity grants, unlimited PTO, generous parental leave, and a generous holiday calendar including July and December holiday hiatuses.
- Lifestyle Spending Account, FSA, DCFSA, HSA, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident insurance.
- Basic life/AD&D and short- and long-term disability insurance are 100% covered by Firestorm, with optional additional life insurance.
- Free 24/7 mental health resources, plus legal and financial work-life services.
- Based in San Diego, CA; local candidates and candidates open to relocating are welcome, and relocation assistance may be available.
- Full-time professional software engineering role; compensation and benefits are subject to the company’s offer terms.
About Firestorm
Firestorm builds modular, open-architecture unmanned systems and mission-configurable hardware for defense customers, leveraging additive manufacturing to rapidly tailor platforms for diverse Department of Defense mission areas. Its fielded xCell platform is being developed in multiple variants and supported across mechanical, electrical, software, and manufacturing interfaces. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in San Diego, the privately held company sells hardware platforms and components to U.S. and allied military programs.