Software Integration Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Software Integration Engineer. Location: Huntsville, Alabama, United States.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on integrating fast-evolving headquarters software into real-world lab and flight environments; The position supports defense and aerospace programs and operates at the intersection of software, hardware, and field systems.

Responsibilities:

• Own deployment and configuration of navigation and quantum sensing software on UAS platforms
• Align field deployments with rapidly evolving HQ software releases
• Bring up and verify complete sensor, driver, transport, and navigation stacks before lab and flight testing

Testing and Field Operations

• Act as the on-site software lead during field trials
• Diagnose and resolve software and system-level issues;
• Retrieve, validate, and organize lab and flight test data for HQ teams
• Support hardware-in-the-loop testing and fielded system validation
• Travel domestically and internationally as required

Collaboration and Process Improvement

• Work closely with systems engineers, hardware engineers, and HQ software teams
• Close integration gaps between hardware and software
• Improve deployment workflows, CI/CD processes, and testing pipelines for hardware-integrated software
• Perform additional duties aligned with skills and experience

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or a related field
• Experience deploying and operating software on Linux-based embedded, robotics, or UAS platforms
• Experience with numerical software or algorithm development related to inertial navigation, state estimation, data fusion, or optimization
• Proficiency in systems programming languages such as C, C++, Rust, and Python
• Experience setting up and maintaining continuous integration systems
• Familiarity with DevOps practices for hardware-integrated systems;
• Experience working with sensor drivers, middleware, and data transport layers
• Ability to collaborate across software, hardware, systems, and research teams

Preferred:

• Experience in defense, aerospace, autonomy, robotics, or navigation systems

Benefits and Compensation:

• Competitive compensation package
• Equity potential
• Flexible work environment
• Hybrid work model;
• Opportunity to work on field-validated quantum navigation technology
• Collaborative global engineering environment