Senior Software Engineer

As an experienced Senior SW Engineer with expertise in Qualcomm-based Mission Computer systems, your leading role will be in designing, implementing, and maintaining software solutions across NXP-based PX4 flight controllers and Qualcomm-based mission computers. You will optimize solutions for reliability, safety, and performance in complex UAV operations.

Role Overview

• Own the architecture, design, and implementation of autonomous applications on Qualcomm-based platforms, spanning perception, sensor fusion, planning, and navigation for UxV systems.
• Define technical direction and oversee development of ROS2-based nodes and middleware frameworks to support scalable, modular autonomy stacks across heterogeneous compute platforms.
• Drive optimization strategies for GPU and DSP-accelerated AI/ML workloads, ensuring real-time inference, multi-sensor fusion, and deterministic decision-making under SWaP constraints.

Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in robotics, autonomous systems, or safety-critical UxV platform development, preferably in defense or aerospace environments.
• Proficiency in real-time embedded systems and Python for automation, AI/ML workflows, testing, and data pipelines.
• Strong experience with ROS2, XRCE-DDS, MAVLink, and modular autonomy stack architecture on Qualcomm-based mission computer platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Qualcomm SoC platform bring-up, including BSP integration, Linux/Yocto environments, boot chain validation, peripheral enablement, driver integration, and platform debugging.
• Experience implementing embedded cybersecurity measures, including encrypted communications, sandboxing, access control, threat modeling, secure OTA, and secure coding practices.

Education and Certification Requirements

• MSc preferred / BSc (minimum) in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Nice-to-have: familiarity with TypeScript/JavaScript for front-end interfaces and control dashboards; experience with cross-organization system integration at scale.