Software Engineer, Autonomy

Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The Software Engineer, Autonomy will be responsible for developing multi-robot autonomy algorithms and building core perception and control systems for the drone swarm.

Responsibilities:

• Developing multi-robot autonomy algorithms to safely perform a variety of missions across both small and large UxS
• Defining the inter-robot and C2 communication protocols required to enable tactical swarm decision making on the edge
• Building the core on-vehicle software platform to allow integration of a variety of first and third-party sensors, payloads, and software modules
• Creating and validating physically realistic simulations of UxS
• Training, tuning and testing automatic target recognition and track management systems using the latest advancements in neural networks
• Performing electronics prototyping including troubleshooting complex mixed hardware-software systems
• Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code
• Ability to travel up to 25% of time for onsite test and integration events

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field
• 3+ years building soft-realtime embedded systems
• Deep expertise in at least one systems language (C/C++, Rust, or Golang)
• Proven experience deploying and validating robotics algorithms (Dubins planning, SLAM, Kalman filters, particle filters, A*, behavior trees, reinforcement learning, etc.)
• Working knowledge of embedded systems (SPI/I2C/serial protocols, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, microcontroller programming)
• Strong networking fundamentals (NAT, mDNS, UDP/TCP, multicast, firewall configuration)
• Excellent software engineering practices with emphasis on testable, reliable code
• Ability to travel up to 25% of time for onsite test and integration events
• Contributions to deployed robotics or IoT systems requiring complex edge processing (aerospace, autonomous vehicles, etc.)
• Experience with robotics middleware (DDS/ROS2, ZeroMQ, gRPC) and serialization formats (Protobuf)
• Familiarity with government UxS interoperability standards (OMS/UCI, STANAG 4586, FACE)
• Hands-on electronics skills (breadboarding, soldering, schematic interpretation, datasheet analysis)
• Deep learning experience