Payload Integration Specialist
About The Position
We are looking for a highly technical Embedded Linux / C++ Systems Engineer to develop, maintain, and improve core software services running on our drone System-on-Module platform. This role focuses on C/C++ Linux utilities, system daemons, networking, boot and initialization behavior, logging infrastructure, and integrations with the flight stack, radio systems, and ground-control ecosystem. The ideal candidate is comfortable working close to the operating system in a resource-constrained Ubuntu-based environment. They can debug complex system behavior, understand networking at a practical level, and contribute to both maintenance and new feature development across critical drone management services.
Requirements
- Strong experience developing in C and/or C++ on Linux.
- Strong Linux systems knowledge, especially around services, processes, networking, filesystems, permissions, logs, and startup behavior.
- Experience scripting in Linux environments using Bash, Python, or similar tools.
- Practical networking experience, including UDP, DHCP, DNS, ports, routing, and network debugging.
- Experience working on resource-constrained Linux systems or embedded Linux platforms.
- Ability to debug difficult system-level issues using logs, command-line tools, and hands-on investigation.
- Comfortable working on production systems where reliability, maintainability, and observability matter.
- Strong technical judgment and ability to work independently on ambiguous problems.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with MAVLink, PX4, or drone/UAS systems.
- Experience with MAVLink Router or similar message-routing infrastructure.
- Experience with gRPC and Protobuf.
- Experience with radio networking systems.
- Experience with mesh networks or multi-interface network environments.
- Experience building logging, diagnostics, telemetry, or observability services.
- Experience with embedded Ubuntu or Linux-based SOM platforms.
- Familiarity with network monitoring tools.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot C/C++ utilities and services running on an embedded Linux SOM.
- Support and extend drone management services responsible for button handling, networking setup, radio management, device pairing, and system-level coordination.
- Maintain and improve PX4 log handling and related flight logging workflows.
- Help design and build broader logging and diagnostics services for system, application, flight, and network data.
- Work with bootup behavior, initialization scripts, Linux service startup, and system process management.
- Support platform components
- Work with networking systems used by the drone and ground-control ecosystem, including UDP endpoints, MAVLink Router, gRPC, Protobuf, DHCP, DNS, radio networking, and network monitoring tools.
- Debug and support Radio networking behavior in coordination with other teams.
- Use tools or diagnostics utilities to investigate system-wide networking issues.
- Collaborate with flight software, embedded systems, manufacturing, test, and QA teams to diagnose and resolve field and lab issues.
- Contribute clean, maintainable, well-documented system software for a constrained production environment.
Benefits
- Base pay, plus generous annual equity package and potential bonuses.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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