Flight Software Manager

  • Location: Orange County, California
  • Remote: Hybrid
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8359
  • Salary: NON 195,000

Flight Software Manager

United States 

We’re looking for a Flight Software Manager to shape how a growing US space engineering organisation develops software for its next generation of space systems.

This is a role for someone who wants to build more than a team around an existing codebase. You’ll define the architecture and engineering framework for flight software that can serve multiple vehicles and programs. Your remit will span spacecraft flight software and embedded payload software, giving you the opportunity to influence both the vehicle and the technology it carries.

What you’ll do

  • Lead, mentor and grow a team of flight software and embedded software engineers.
  • Set the software architecture, standards and development practices for future programs.
  • Guide work through the full engineering lifecycle, from requirements and design through implementation, integration and verification.
  • Own software plans, priorities, resources and technical risks against program milestones.
  • Lead hardware and software integration, including interface definitions, board bring-up and test strategy.
  • Work closely with systems engineering, hardware and program teams to make sound technical decisions.

What you’ll bring

You’ll have substantial experience developing bare-metal or RTOS-based embedded software in C or C++, along with experience leading engineers. You’re comfortable working with resource-constrained hardware, microcontrollers or SoCs, and the interfaces that connect software to spacecraft systems.

You understand that reliable flight software starts well before the first line of code. You can turn mission needs into clear requirements and architecture, guide detailed design, and ensure the team verifies what it builds. Experience with spacecraft avionics, hardware-in-the-loop testing, or embedded payload systems will be especially valuable.

Why join

The US flight software capability is taking shape now. You’ll have relevant technology and expertise to draw on, alongside real scope to establish an approach that supports future vehicles and programs. As the organisation grows, you’ll help determine what the team needs to become.

If you’re excited by the chance to lead engineers and build a lasting flight software capability, we’d like to hear from you.

Contract Network Engineer

  • Location: Midland Intl, Texas
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #8322

Contract Core Network Engineer
United States (Remote — Eastern/Central time zone preferred)

Open hourly rate
6-month initial contract (potential to extend or convert to hire)
Remote, Eastern or Central time zone preferred

A space & defense company needs a Core Network Engineer to backfill a teammate going on leave, starting immediately. The focus is 4G/5G core and 3GPP standards, with the core delivered by a vendor and integrated into the company’s own network.

The vendor owns the core; you’ll own testing, troubleshooting and requirement conversations with them. This is a high-level networking role — deep certifications aren’t required, just solid hands-on core experience.

What you’ll be doing

  • Step into an active core network effort, backfilling a teammate on leave.
  • Test and troubleshoot core network elements and services from design through deployment.
  • Define feature requirements directly with the core network vendor.
  • Support integration between the vendor-delivered core and the company’s own RAN (gNodeB/eNodeB).

What you’ll need

  • Hands-on experience with 4G/5G core networks and 3GPP standards.
  • Comfortable testing, troubleshooting and defining feature requirements with vendors.
  • Working knowledge of RAN integration (gNodeB/eNodeB) — not the primary focus.
  • High-level networking expertise; no deep certifications required.
  • Able to start immediately and work Eastern or Central time zone hours.
  • US-based and eligible to work on ITAR-controlled programs

Nice to have

  • Background at a major telecom operator or vendor (Nokia, Ericsson, Mavenir).
  • Prior contract or independent consulting work — you land and add value fast.

InterestedClick apply with an updated copy of your resume. I’ll come back to you within 48 hours. If you don’t hear back within 48 hours, please assume you haven’t been successful on this occasion.

Cyber Security Administrator

  • Location: Los Angeles, California
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8273
  • Salary: NON 150,000

Location: Los Angeles, California

Compensation: Competitive base salary + package 

Environment: Smallsat Design and Manufacturing

EVONA is working with a fast-growing space technology company that is building the next generation of satellite systems and expanding its operations across the United States.

As the business scales its US footprint, its technology infrastructure needs to scale with it.

That’s where you come in.

We’re looking for a Cyber Security Administrator to take ownership of the secure IT and cyber environment supporting the company’s growing US operations.

This isn’t a role where you’ll simply inherit a mature corporate environment and keep the lights on.

You’ll be hands-on across infrastructure, cybersecurity, government cloud platforms and compliance, helping build and strengthen the systems that allow a rapidly growing space company to operate securely within highly regulated US government and aerospace environments.

The opportunity

You’ll become one of the key people responsible for the security and reliability of the US technology environment.

Your world will span Microsoft GCC High, Azure Government and AWS GovCloud, alongside local infrastructure, networks, endpoints, identity and access management.

One day you might be strengthening Conditional Access and privileged access controls. The next, you could be investigating suspicious activity, hardening infrastructure, preparing evidence for a compliance audit or improving the security architecture supporting the company’s continued US expansion.

You’ll have genuine ownership and the opportunity to influence how the environment develops rather than simply following processes designed somewhere else.

What you’ll be responsible for

You’ll take ownership across:

  • Microsoft GCC High, including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Intune and Entra ID
  • Azure Government infrastructure, networking, storage, monitoring and security
  • AWS GovCloud, including IAM, networking, logging and security controls
  • Windows Server and Microsoft 365 environments
  • Firewalls, VPNs, switches, routers, wireless networks and connectivity
  • Identity and access management, MFA, RBAC and privileged access
  • Endpoint security, EDR, encryption, patching and vulnerability management
  • Security monitoring, incident investigation, containment and remediation
  • System hardening and security configuration
  • Backup, disaster recovery and business continuity
  • Employee onboarding, offboarding, hardware and asset management
  • Infrastructure and security documentation
  • Audit evidence, access reviews, inventories, logs and compliance records

You’ll also help evaluate encryption technologies and protocols including AES, RSA, ECC and TLS/SSL, ensuring data-at-rest and data-in-transit is appropriately protected and aligned with FIPS 140-2/140-3 requirements.

What we’re looking for

You’ll probably have 5+ years of experience across systems administration, infrastructure, IT operations or cybersecurity, ideally within an aerospace, defence, government or similarly regulated environment.

You should be comfortable getting hands-on rather than operating purely at policy level.

Experience across several of the following would be particularly valuable:

Microsoft GCC High | Azure Government | AWS GovCloud | Entra ID | Active Directory | Intune | Microsoft Defender | Sentinel | EDR | IAM | Windows Server | Networking | Firewalls | VPNs | Vulnerability Management

Exposure to CMMC, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, ITAR, DFARS or comparable regulated environments would also be highly advantageous.

Most importantly, we’re looking for someone who can solve problems, take ownership and operate effectively in a company moving quickly.

Why apply?

Because this is an opportunity to join during the build, not after everything has already been built.

You’ll be working inside a fast-growing space company developing advanced satellite technology for commercial, scientific and government missions.

You’ll have the autonomy to improve systems, strengthen security controls and influence how the US technology environment evolves as the organisation continues to scale.

And because the company operates internationally, you’ll also collaborate with experienced engineering and technology teams across its global operations, with opportunities for occasional international travel.

What's on offer?

$120,000–$150,000 base salary, depending on experience

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Team performance-based bonus

Professional development and progression opportunities

International collaboration and occasional travel

If you’re a Cyber Security Administrator who enjoys building, improving and securing complex environments — and you’d like to apply that experience to technology that ultimately operates in space — we’d like to hear from you.

Senior IT Systems Administrator

  • Location: Los Angeles, California
  • Remote: Hybrid
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8272
  • Salary: NON 150,000

Location: Los Angeles, California

Compensation: Competitive base salary + package 

Environment: Smallsat Design and Manufacturing

The opportunity

Imagine arriving at work knowing the systems you're responsible for aren't supporting another ordinary corporate office.

They're supporting a team building spacecraft.

EVONA is partnering with a fast-growing international space technology company that is expanding its US operations in LA and building the infrastructure, engineering capability and teams required to support its next phase of growth.

At the centre of that expansion sits IT.

As Senior IT Systems Administrator, you'll become the primary IT resource for the US operation — responsible for keeping its people connected, its infrastructure reliable, its cloud environments secure and its systems compliant with the demanding requirements of the US government and defence ecosystem.

This isn't a role where you'll spend your day forwarding tickets to somebody else.

You'll own things.

What will you actually be responsible for?

Your environment will span everything from the laptop sitting on an engineer's desk to government-regulated cloud infrastructure.

You'll support employees when technology gets in their way, troubleshoot hardware and software issues and manage the workstations, servers, networks and devices that keep the LA and Denver operations running.

But that's only the beginning.

You'll administer Microsoft GCC High across Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Intune and Entra ID, alongside Azure Government infrastructure and AWS GovCloud environments.

Identity and access will sit firmly within your world.

You'll manage onboarding and offboarding, user provisioning, MFA, role-based access, privileged accounts and permissions across both local and cloud environments.

You'll also have significant responsibility for cybersecurity.

That means monitoring endpoints and infrastructure, investigating suspicious activity, responding to security incidents, managing vulnerabilities, maintaining patching and system-hardening programmes and continuously improving the controls protecting the organisation.

When something doesn't look right, you'll investigate it.

When something could be more secure, you'll improve it.

And when the organisation grows, you'll help make sure the technology and security architecture can grow with it.

Security isn't an afterthought here

The company operates within an environment where government and defence customers expect considerably more than a password policy and antivirus software.

You'll help maintain and strengthen compliance with frameworks and requirements such as:

CMMC | NIST 800-171 | FedRAMP | ITAR | DFARS

You'll maintain security documentation, inventories, audit evidence, access reviews, logs and control records and help ensure the organisation is ready when customers or auditors need evidence that controls are actually being followed.

You'll also evaluate encryption technologies and protocols including AES, RSA, ECC and TLS/SSL, considering how they're applied to data at rest and in transit.

That includes disk encryption, certificate handling and key management in environments aligned with FIPS 140-2/140-3 requirements.

You'll support backups, restoration testing, disaster recovery and business continuity exercises too.

Because in this environment, resilience matters just as much as security.

You'll have a lot of technology to play with

Depending on the environment, you'll be working across technologies including:

  • Microsoft GCC High
  • Azure Government
  • AWS GovCloud
  • Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory
  • Microsoft Intune
  • Microsoft Defender
  • Microsoft Sentinel / Security Center
  • Windows Server
  • EDR and endpoint security
  • Firewalls, VPNs and networking
  • Identity and privileged access management
  • Vulnerability and patch management
  • Monitoring and logging platforms
  • Encryption and key management

You'll also manage and troubleshoot the physical infrastructure behind the operation — switches, routers, storage, wireless networks, firewalls, internet connectivity and office IT equipment.

So if you're someone who enjoys being genuinely hands-on rather than specialising in one tiny corner of an enterprise IT department, you'll have plenty to get involved with.

Who are we looking for?

We're looking for someone with at least five years of experience across systems administration, infrastructure engineering, IT operations, cybersecurity or a closely related field.

You'll ideally have a degree in IT, Computer Science or Cybersecurity, although equivalent practical experience is equally interesting.

You'll need strong experience within Windows-based enterprise environments and Microsoft 365.

Experience with Microsoft GCC High, Azure Government and AWS GovCloud would be particularly valuable because these environments will form an important part of your responsibility.

You should also be comfortable with:

Active Directory and Entra ID, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP; TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, VPNs and firewalls; endpoint security and EDR; device management and encryption; vulnerability remediation; system monitoring and logging; incident investigation and response.

Experience supporting organisations working within CMMC, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, ITAR, DFARS or similar regulated environments would be highly advantageous.

But technical knowledge alone isn't enough.

You'll be the person people turn to when something isn't working.

So we're looking for someone who can troubleshoot calmly, communicate clearly, document properly and explain technical problems to people who don't necessarily speak IT.

Why apply?

Because this is an opportunity to join while the US operation is still being built.

Rather than inheriting an enormous corporate environment where everything was designed ten years ago and changing anything requires six committees, you'll have the opportunity to influence how infrastructure, security and IT operations develop as the organisation grows.

You'll work alongside engineers and technical teams developing next-generation space technology, while collaborating with colleagues across the company's international offices.

You'll have autonomy, direct access to leadership and the opportunity to recommend better technology, architecture, processes and security controls when you see an opportunity to improve something.

There will also be opportunities for occasional international travel and collaboration with the company's European teams.

What’s on offer?

Salary: $100,000 – $130,000 USD

The final salary will depend on experience and technical background.

You'll also receive:

  • Health insurance coverage
  • Matching 401(k) plan
  • Generous team performance-based bonus
  • Autonomy and direct access to leadership
  • Travel and conference opportunities
  • International collaboration
  • Ongoing learning and career development

One final thought

Plenty of companies need someone to administer Microsoft 365, manage their network and keep their cloud infrastructure running.

Far fewer can offer you the opportunity to do it while helping build the US technology infrastructure behind an international spacecraft company.

If you like the idea of owning an environment rather than simply maintaining one — and you want your next IT challenge to involve space, government technology and serious cybersecurity — we'd love to hear from you.

Aerospace Solutions Engineer

  • Location:
  • Remote: Hybrid
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8244
  • Salary: NON 150,000

Software Engineer – Space

Location: Remote, United States
Employment: Full-time
Compensation: $120,000–$150,000 base salary – some flexibility for the right candidate 
Travel: Minimal, approximately 0–10%

The Opportunity

Join a small, developer-first aerospace engineering company supporting commercial, government, defense and U.S. Space Force programs.

You will initially support an active government space program, taking ownership of a meaningful portion of its operational software. The work is approximately 70% backend and 30% frontend, with opportunities to contribute across additional customer programs and internal products over time.

This is a hands-on role for an engineer who enjoys working across architecture, development, integration, deployment and production support.

What You’ll Do

  • Build and maintain operational software for space and defense programs.

  • Develop backend services and APIs using Python, C#, Java or similar languages.

  • Create REST APIs, data-processing workflows and customer-facing web applications.

  • Work with spacecraft, ground-system, telemetry, mission-simulation or related aerospace data.

  • Deploy and maintain containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.

  • Support secure CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and production monitoring.

  • Troubleshoot software across development, test and deployed customer environments.

  • Collaborate with aerospace engineers, program leaders, customers and prime contractors.

  • Help translate customer requirements into scalable technical solutions.

  • Take increasing ownership and become a technical subject-matter expert for assigned programs.

  • Contribute to internal products and additional customer projects as priorities evolve.

Required Experience

  • Five or more years of professional software engineering experience.

  • Professional experience building production applications—not only scripts or test automation.

  • Strong backend development experience, ideally using Python.

  • Experience designing and integrating REST APIs.

  • Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

  • Experience owning software through design, development, testing and deployment.

  • Background supporting aerospace, spacecraft, ground systems, mission operations, modeling and simulation, or another closely related technical environment.

  • Experience working independently within a small, collaborative engineering team.

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

  • U.S. citizenship.

  • Eligibility and willingness to obtain a security clearance up to TS/SCI.

Nice to Have

  • Professional C#, Java, C++ or Rust experience.

  • Spacecraft telemetry, commanding or TT&C experience.

  • Ground-segment or mission-control software development.

  • Experience supporting active missions or operational users.

  • STK, ODTK, orbital analysis or mission-planning experience.

  • Kafka or other distributed/event-driven technologies.

  • AWS or other cloud infrastructure experience.

  • Terraform, Ansible or infrastructure-as-code experience.

  • Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD platforms.

  • React, Angular, TypeScript or JavaScript experience.

  • Secure software development, container hardening or DevSecOps experience.

  • Experience deploying software to government, classified or air-gapped environments.

  • Active security clearance.

Why Join

  • Work directly on meaningful government and Space Force programs.

  • Own substantial portions of the software instead of one narrow component.

  • Join a small team where engineers have visibility and direct influence.

  • Remain hands-on across the complete software lifecycle.

  • Work remotely from anywhere in the United States.

  • Gain exposure to multiple missions, customers and technical challenges.

  • Collaborate closely with experienced aerospace and software leaders.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision insurance.

  • Employer-supported health savings account.

  • 401(k) with company match.

  • 15 days of paid time off.

  • 10 company holidays plus two floating holidays.

  • Monthly internet and phone reimbursement.

  • Life insurance and employee assistance benefits.

Senior Web Designer

  • Location: Austin, Texas
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8102

Senior Web Designer

Austin, Texas | Full-Time | On-site

We're partnering with an innovative aerospace and satellite communications company to hire a Senior Web Designer who will own the design, development, and ongoing optimization of the company's digital presence.

This is an opportunity to take full ownership of a high-impact website, creating engaging user experiences while collaborating closely with marketing, brand, and content teams.

What You'll Do

  • Own the end-to-end development of corporate website pages and campaign landing pages using Webflow.
  • Translate Figma designs into responsive, production-ready websites.
  • Build and maintain scalable CMS structures, reusable components, and design systems.
  • Develop custom functionality using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript where required.
  • Optimize website performance, SEO, accessibility (WCAG), and user experience.
  • Troubleshoot technical issues and lead quality assurance before launch.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver marketing campaigns and website enhancements.
  • Mentor junior team members and champion web development best practices.

What You'll Bring

  • Bachelor's degree in Design, Web Development, or a related field.
  • 5–8+ years of professional web design or Webflow development experience.
  • Advanced experience with Webflow, Figma, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Strong understanding of responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, SEO, and accessibility.
  • Experience building scalable design systems and CMS-driven websites.
  • Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Why Apply?

  • Own and shape the digital experience for a growing aerospace company.
  • Work with modern web technologies and cutting-edge design tools.
  • Competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
  • Join a collaborative team working at the forefront of space technology.

Location: Austin, TX (On-site)

Work Authorization: Due to U.S. export control regulations, applicants must be U.S. Citizens, Lawful Permanent Residents, or otherwise qualify as a U.S. Person.

Software Engineer

  • Location: Orange County, California
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8005
  • Salary: NON 175,000

Software Engineer (Payload Software)
Location: Irvine, CA
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Onsite

Salary: $155,000 – $175,000 USD, depending on experience.

About the Opportunity
Join an innovative space technology company developing advanced remote sensing systems and next-generation satellite payloads. This organization designs, builds, and operates cutting-edge space systems that deliver mission-critical intelligence and Earth observation capabilities for government and commercial customers.
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to design, develop, and integrate payload software for advanced spacecraft systems. In this role, you will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop embedded software that supports the complete payload lifecycle—from architecture and implementation through integration, testing, and deployment.
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges while working on mission-critical space hardware and software.


Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and integrate payload software for spacecraft systems.
  • Develop robust embedded software solutions supporting mission-critical payload functionality.
  • Participate in the complete software development lifecycle, including requirements definition, architecture, implementation, integration, verification, and testing.
  • Collaborate with systems, hardware, electrical, RF, and integration teams to ensure successful software and hardware interoperability.
  • Develop and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and software documentation.
  • Support software integration, debugging, and validation during spacecraft assembly and test activities.
  • Troubleshoot embedded software and hardware interface issues throughout development and integration.
  • Contribute to software architecture decisions and continuous improvement of development processes.

Required Qualifications

  • 6+ years of professional experience developing software using C, C++, and Python.
  • 6+ years of embedded software development experience.
  • 6+ years of experience working with System-on-Chip (SoC) and microcontroller-based designs.
  • Strong experience developing software in Embedded Linux environments, including Yocto build systems.
  • Experience developing and maintaining Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
  • Experience implementing communication and data protocols.
  • Experience supporting the complete software lifecycle from requirements development through verification and testing.
  • Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) systems.
  • Familiarity with FPGA firmware development.
  • Understanding of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems.
  • Experience supporting avionics integration and system-level testing.
  • Knowledge of avionics hardware architectures.
  • Experience with spacecraft or embedded system architecture.
  • Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics.

Why Join Us?

  • Develop software that directly supports next-generation spacecraft and remote sensing technologies.
  • Work alongside experienced multidisciplinary engineering teams.
  • Contribute throughout the full product lifecycle—from software architecture to spacecraft integration.
  • Solve challenging technical problems while building highly reliable embedded systems for space applications.
  • Be part of a collaborative engineering environment focused on innovation, quality, and mission success.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits.
  • Flexible paid time off.
  • Collaborative engineering culture with opportunities for professional growth.

Security & Export Requirements
This position may require access to export-controlled technology and the ability to meet applicable U.S. government security and compliance requirements. Candidates must be eligible to work in accordance with U.S. export control regulations.
 

Founding Software Engineer

  • Location: Los Angeles, California
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7902
  • Salary: NON 150,000

Founding Software Engineer – Robotics Integration Platform

Location: Santa Monica, CA — hybrid schedule 
Compensation: $160,000–$180,000+ base salary, depending on experience
Equity: Meaningful founding-stage equity
Company Stage: Early-stage, well-funded stealth robotics startup

The Opportunity

Robots can perform increasingly complex tasks, but connecting robots from different manufacturers remains expensive, slow and highly customized.

This company is building a vendor-neutral software platform that allows robots, OEM fleet managers, sensors and facility systems to communicate and operate through one shared integration and orchestration layer.

As a Founding Software Engineer, you will own a critical technical foundation of the product: the software layer that connects different robotic systems to the broader platform. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to build from zero, work directly with physical robots and shape the architecture of an early-stage company.

What You’ll Work On

  • Design and build the core robot integration layer.

  • Create reusable interfaces across different robot manufacturers, APIs, SDKs and protocols.

  • Develop OEM-specific adapters without allowing the platform to become a collection of one-off drivers.

  • Normalize robot capabilities, commands, mission states, health data, failures and operator interventions.

  • Integrate sensors, payloads and facility systems with physical robots.

  • Support quadrupeds, mobile robots, AMRs, manipulators and other autonomous systems.

  • Build simulation, testing and validation workflows before physical deployment.

  • Debug problems across software, networking, sensors and hardware.

  • Collaborate directly with founders, customers, OEMs and integration partners.

  • Help define the technical architecture, engineering practices and future team.

What We’re Looking For

  • Approximately five or more years of professional robotics or autonomous-systems software experience.

  • Professional experience using ROS or ROS2; strong ROS1 experience is transferable.

  • Experience developing and deploying software on physical robotic systems.

  • Hands-on experience integrating robot hardware, sensors, payloads, APIs or SDKs.

  • Strong software engineering ability in languages such as C++, Python or similar.

  • Experience designing reusable software abstractions rather than exclusively building customer-specific integrations.

  • Ability to troubleshoot across software and hardware boundaries.

  • Experience taking systems from development through testing and real-world deployment.

  • Comfort working in an early-stage environment with changing priorities and limited structure.

  • Strong ownership, technical judgment and ability to make practical tradeoffs.

AI-Native Engineering

The team uses AI coding tools as a core part of its engineering workflow. Candidates should be able to:

  • Use AI tools to accelerate design, development, testing and debugging.

  • Understand and critically review AI-generated code.

  • Identify where AI is useful and where deeper engineering judgment is required.

  • Validate generated code before deploying it to physical systems.

  • Clearly explain their approach to testing, safety and reliability.

Especially Valuable Experience

  • Integrating robots from multiple manufacturers.

  • Multi-robot or cross-fleet orchestration.

  • Robot capability models and common control interfaces.

  • OEM fleet managers and robot operations platforms.

  • DDS and distributed robotic systems.

  • NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Isaac ROS, Omniverse or Gazebo.

  • AMRs, quadrupeds, drones, industrial robots or mobile manipulators.

  • Mission assignment, status tracking, exception handling and audit logging.

  • Early-stage startup, founding-engineer or zero-to-one product experience.

  • Customer deployments in industrial or brownfield environments.

What Success Looks Like

  • New robot manufacturers can be added through adapters without changing the orchestration or user-facing layer.

  • Different robots can receive consistent high-level commands through a shared platform interface.

  • Robot capabilities, states, failures and interventions are represented consistently.

  • Early customer integrations become reusable platform capabilities rather than one-off engineering projects.

  • The system remains reliable when hardware fails, communications are interrupted or operators must intervene.

Why Join

  • Join as one of the earliest engineers and influence the product from the foundation upward.

  • Work directly with real robots rather than only simulated or theoretical systems.

  • Define the architecture of a platform addressing one of robotics’ largest interoperability problems.

  • Collaborate with an experienced founding team with backgrounds from leading technology companies.

  • Join a well-funded company with more than two years of runway.

  • Receive meaningful equity and substantial ownership over the technical direction.

  • Work in an environment where strong individual interests can shape future areas of ownership.

Work Authorization

  • Candidates must have valid authorization to work in the United States.

  • Qualifying H-1B transfers may be considered when sufficient time remains on the existing status.

  • The company cannot support new H-1B lottery applications.

  • Any sponsorship requirements should be disclosed at the beginning of the process.

Interview Process

  • Initial technical conversation with company leadership.

  • Founder conversation focused on motivation, ownership and startup alignment.

  • Technical design and implementation assessment.

  • Interactive technical deep dive.

  • Final onsite meeting.

Software Engineer IV – Embedded

  • Location: Sacramento, California
  • Job #
  • Salary: NON 190,000

Software Systems Engineer – ISR Systems – Security Clearance Eligible Required

 

An established and rapidly growing defense technology organization is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to lead the architecture, design, development, and integration of advanced Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) software systems.

 

This is a senior engineering position requiring deep technical expertise, lifecycle ownership, and strong leadership capability. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering mission-critical ISR capabilities deployed in demanding operational environments.

 

The Role

You will take ownership of software system architecture and integration across the full program lifecycle, from requirements definition through integration, validation, and deployment.

This position requires a strong background in embedded and distributed systems, experience working in real-time environments, and the ability to technically direct multi-disciplinary engineering efforts.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead software and system architecture, development, integration, and test efforts across ISR programs
  • Define, analyze, and document customer requirements and translate them into executable technical solutions
  • Support system integration, performance analysis, and flight testing activities
  • Develop system-level documentation including requirements specifications, verification plans, and test procedures
  • Prepare and present materials for technical reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and customer interchange meetings
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams
  • Support capture efforts, technical proposals, and customer engagements
  • Make critical technical decisions that shape software architecture and product direction
  • Interface directly with systems engineers, program managers, and external customers

 

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science from an accredited institution
  • 10 to 15 years of experience in software systems engineering within defense, aerospace, or other mission-critical domains
  • Strong expertise in Java, C, and C++
  • Deep understanding of object-oriented design principles and distributed computing environments
  • Experience with embedded real-time software systems
  • Knowledge of concurrent programming, networking protocols, routing, and client/server architectures
  • Experience maintaining and debugging deployed software systems
  • Strong understanding of operating systems, compilers, development tools, and database systems
  • Proven leadership experience directing engineering teams through full project lifecycles
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to travel up to 25 percent
  • U.S. Citizenship required with ability to obtain and maintain appropriate U.S. Security Clearance

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with secure programming, encryption, and information assurance
  • Familiarity with ISR-related frameworks and open standards environments
  • Experience with GPU acceleration or CUDA-based processing
  • Experience supporting safety-critical or classified programs
  • Current DoD Top Secret SCI clearance
  • Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering