Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join SandboxAQ's AI/quantum navigation team as a highly accomplished software engineer. You will play a key role in designing, implementing, and testing robust, avionics-certifiable software for the AQNav system. This involves owning the software lifecycle, from conception to production and maintenance. You will lead and mentor a team, drive compliance with DO-178 certification, and collaborate with physicists, engineers, and machine learning experts. The ideal candidate possesses extensive software development experience, expertise in Python and C/C++, and a strong understanding of software development methodologies. This position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge navigation technology.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience in software development (preferred) or data science (preferred), systems engineering, robotics, systems analysis, or other related fields
• BS in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent field of study
• Experience working on certified avionics software systems (e.g. DO-178)
• Strong expertise in both Python and C/C++
• Long, successful history of bringing software from initial conception through to architecture, development, testing, release into production, and maintenance
• Proficiency in software development methodologies and best practices (e.g., Agile practices, CI/CD, test-driven development.)
• You can diagram and specify requirements at system, subsystem, and component levels to aid in the finalization of design decisions; this includes responsibility for design documentation such as software architecture, software specification documents, and testing plans
• Ability to work closely with other development and cross-functional team members
• Strong Linux fundamentals (bash scripting, operating system configuration) and familiarity with common developer and devops tools such as Ansible, Chef, Terraform, Git, Github, and the Atlassian suite tools Jira and Confluence
• U.S. Citizenship is required due to US Government contract requirements
• Must be able to obtain and hold a DOD Secret level security clearance
• Willing and able to travel both within the continental US and internationally as required (less than 20% of the time) to support customer engagements, meet with contracting partners, and attend customer product demonstrations

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical expert to guide, lead, and mentor a growing team of engineers to support the successful development and deployment of software
• Uphold quality and efficiency standards for the team
• Advocate for and lead efforts to implement industry best practices
• Own roadmaps for developing long-term and stable requirements, verification/validation, and software solutions to advanced problems
• Design, implement, and test complex software systems for a world-class AI/quantum-based magnetic navigation system (“AQNav”)
• Work may include tasks such as development/maintenance of internal tooling and libraries, integrating the AQNav system with external avionics systems, and automating and streamlining routine complex processes
• Drive compliance of AQNav real-time software to DO-178 certification

Preferred Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Software Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Equivalent experience includes tech leadership in a complex space, driving technical design and execution cross-collaboratively across multiple teams and organizations
• Experience working with one or more Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) such as SafeRTOS, RT Linux, RedHawk, and/or VxWorks (SafeRTOS preferred)
• Knowledge of aerospace applications and environments
• Experience with software development and interfaces on the cloud (e.g GCP, AWS)
• Additional experience with other languages (Java, HTML/CSS, Rust, Bash scripting, etc.)

Benefits

• The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be $154k-$256k per year
• This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity
• Competitive salaries
• Stock options depending on employment type
• Generous learning opportunities
• Medical/dental/vision
• Family planning/fertility
• PTO (summer and winter breaks)
• Financial wellness resources
• 401(k) plans