Software Engineer, Real-Time Systems

About the role

Swarmaero is building a command and control platform for swarming autonomous aircraft. You will work across the stack to solve complex problems in distributed state management, real-time telemetry, and human-machine interfaces. This role involves taking features from initial design through to deployment in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features in the C2 system that directs swarms of heterogeneous aircraft
• Work on systems that hold state and stay responsive when comms degrade or drop entirely
• Move between the interface layer and the services behind it to solve technical challenges
• Prototype new ways to represent and control vehicle telemetry, sensor data, and scheduling
• Take features end to end, from a rough problem statement through design, implementation, and deployment
• Ship early and often, backed by strong CI/CD, QA, and DevSecOps

Required skills

• Data structures
• Algorithms
• Concurrency
• Networking
• Systems programming

Nice to have

• Competitive programming
• Game development
• Performance profiling
• Distributed systems
• Robotics middleware
• WebGL
• OpenGL
• Vulkan
• Go
• C++

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Equivalent self-taught depth

Benefits

• Meaningful equity
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401k
• PTO
• Paid sick leave
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Paid parental leave

About the Company

Swarmaero is redefining air power by building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The team consists of experienced professionals from companies like Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.