- Job type
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Not listed
- Level
- Staff
- Department
- Software Development
- Experience
- 9+ years experience
- Posted
- Aug 21, 2026
About the role
ABOUT THE TEAM
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. Our Staff Software Engineers collaborate with other engineering disciplines to develop software for vehicle control, networking, sensor integration, and telemetry. We are looking for engineers excited to build the foundational vehicle software stack that supports the wide range of AD&S initiatives, from early concept simulation to first flight to live operations to large scale fleet management.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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.
- 9+ 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
- Travel up to 30% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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