Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Overview

Senior Software Engineer, Platform at FlightWave Aerospace will own the development and sustainment of the C++ application core across the Edge130 UAS platform. This role focuses on building and maintaining robust, high-performance software that powers our autonomy, perception, and mission-critical systems. The ideal candidate is a C++ expert with experience in multithreaded applications, large codebases, and platform-level engineering in robotics or aerospace environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain C++ application code for the Edge130 platform.
• Work within a large, modular codebase, ensuring maintainability, performance, and scalability.
• Implement and optimize multithreaded, real-time components for flight-critical systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (controls, perception, avionics, ground systems) to ensure seamless platform integration.
• Support both sustainment engineering (bug fixes, refactoring, reliability improvements) and new feature development.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of coding standards, CI / CD pipelines, and build / test infrastructure.
• Review code and mentor junior engineers in C++ best practices, performance profiling, and debugging.
• Participate in new product introduction (NPI) efforts, ensuring platform readiness and software scalability.
• Document designs, APIs, and workflows to ensure clarity and consistency across the engineering team.

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Background Check

This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with a criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal and state law.

EEO / ITAR-EAR Work Authorization Disclosure

Red Cat Holdings provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software, technology or technical data controlled under ITAR and EAR. Successful candidates for positions subject to ITAR / EAR restrictions must provide proof of U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residence and must not require sponsorship for export-restricted work authorization.

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Compensation

$132k - $176k, plus generous annual equity package and potential bonuses.

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