7 hours ago
San Diego, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$140k - $155k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain software interfaces between payload hardware, mission applications, and autonomy systems.
- Integrate SDKs and APIs for cameras, gimbals, radios, sensors, and other mission equipment.
- Develop tools and applications for payload configuration, monitoring, and control.
- Customize or extend QGroundControl, TAK-based applications, and related operator interfaces.
- Debug systems spanning Linux, networking, hardware interfaces, and distributed software components.
- Build Docker-based deployment workflows for fielded software capabilities.
- Develop payload integrations through a branched process and collaborate with the core software team to upstream production-ready changes.
- Participate in field testing, demonstrations, payload integration, and operational support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong programming ability in one or more of C++, Python, Rust, Go, Java, TypeScript, or similar languages.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals across multiple layers of the stack.
- Strong Linux experience, including command-line workflows, debugging, and system administration.
- Experience with TCP/IP, UDP, routing, and network troubleshooting.
- Experience integrating software with external systems through APIs, SDKs, or communication protocols.
- Ability to quickly understand and modify large existing codebases.
- Experience developing reliable production software in fast-moving environments.
- Experience with Git, branching, and upstream contributions.
- U.S. citizenship is required due to ITAR regulations.
- Preferred qualifications include startup and scale-stage product engineering experience, autonomous systems or defense experience, QGroundControl, MAVLink, PX4, ArduPilot, TAK ecosystems, payload hardware integration, embedded or edge computing, Docker, shared production repositories, and field deployments.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan.
- Equity grants for new hires.
- Unlimited PTO and a generous holiday calendar, including a November and December holiday hiatus.
- Generous parental leave.
- Lifestyle Spending Account, FSA, DCFSA, and HSA.
- Hospital indemnity, critical illness, accident, life, AD&D, and disability insurance; basic life/AD&D and short- and long-term disability coverage are 100% covered by Firestorm.
- 24/7 free mental health resources plus work-life services, including legal and financial support.
- Based at the San Diego, California headquarters; local candidates and candidates open to relocation are welcome, and relocation assistance may be included.
- Approximately 10% occasional domestic travel for field testing, integrations, demonstrations, and operational support.
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.