2 days ago
San Diego, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$140k - $170k/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 and validate payload integrations through a side-branch 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.
- U.S. citizenship is required due to ITAR regulations.
- At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong programming ability in one or more modern languages such as C++, Python, Rust, Go, Java, or TypeScript.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals across multiple layers of the stack.
- 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 and develop reliable production software in fast-moving environments.
- Experience with Git, including branching and upstream contributions.
- Preferred: startup and scale-stage product engineering experience; autonomous systems, UAV, robotics, or defense technology experience; QGroundControl, MAVLink, PX4, ArduPilot, TAK, payload hardware, embedded systems, edge computing, Docker, field deployments, or shared production repository contributions.
Benefits
- Competitive salary with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan, equity grants for new hires, unlimited PTO, generous holidays, and parental leave.
- 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 additional life insurance available for purchase.
- Free 24/7 mental health resources plus legal and financial support services.
- Based at Firestorm headquarters in San Diego, California; local candidates and candidates open to relocating are welcome, and relocation assistance may be available.
- Approximately 10% occasional domestic travel for field testing, demonstrations, integration, 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.