Junior Software Engineer
About The Position
Modern Intelligence builds Sovereign, a targeting software for unmanned systems like UAVs, USVs, and UUVs. Sovereign runs on the vehicle's computer, detecting, classifying, and tracking targets from onboard cameras, maintaining identity even with signal loss, and enabling terminal guidance. It operates reliably without GPS and under radio jamming conditions. The company has secured Department of War contracts, including work with Air Force Special Operations and SOCOM, and has raised over $12 million from various investors. This role involves taking technology from test ranges to battlefield applications. The software team is small but growing rapidly due to increased customer engagement. Engineers will be expected to travel and support field deployments and integrations, with a specific focus on product deployment in Ukraine. The Sovereign product is an Automated Target Recognition and Automated Terminal Guidance solution designed for any platform and domain, with ongoing expansion to meet diverse autonomy requirements for unmanned systems. The company seeks engineers passionate about drones, autonomy, supporting military personnel, and defending democratic values.
Requirements
- Proficiency in a compiled systems language: C++, Rust, or C. Primary codebase is C++20; expectation to think in terms of memory, types, and build artifacts.
- Comfortable writing Python.
- Comfortable developing on Linux: command line, git, and code review.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or comparable, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
- Willingness to travel and support field deployments and integrations.
- Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).
- This role works on export-controlled technology.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Bazel, or with CMake and an appetite for learning Bazel.
- Applied linear algebra: coordinate frames, covariance, Kalman filters, geodesy.
- Experience with Docker and containerized builds.
- Experience with video pipelines: GStreamer, ffmpeg, RTSP/RTP/etc.
- Experience with an inference runtime such as ONNX Runtime or TensorRT.
- Experience with CUDA or GPU programming.
- Experience with cross-compilation and embedded Linux, such as Jetson and ARM targets.
- Experience with protobuf and/or gRPC.
- Experience with TypeScript and React (our operator UI), or with PyTorch (our model training and export).
- Experience with Dart and Flutter.
- Experience targeting ML accelerators: Hailo, Qualcomm QNN, XNNPACK, ARM Compute Library.
- Experience building for Windows, macOS, or Android.
- Experience with MAVLink or other drone software.
- Experience with Slurm or other cluster training workflows.
- Prior defense industry experience, or an active or previously held clearance.
Responsibilities
- Take technology demonstrated on test ranges and relatively peaceful theaters and see it proven on the battlefield.
- Support field deployments and integrations.
- Expand the capability of the Sovereign product to meet any autonomy requirement for any unmanned system.
Benefits
- Full Medical, dental, and vision for you and all members of your family
- Flexible PTO
- Paid Holidays: All federal holidays + last two weeks of the calendar year
- Paid Parental Leave: 3 Months
- Equity is granted on top of base for every full-time role.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
