Drone Software Engineer

We are hiring full-time Drone Software Engineers at our Sunrise, Florida headquarters. This is a robotics software role: embedded C++, Linux, and hands-on ROS/ROS 2 are required, with working familiarity in the ArduPilot/PX4 ecosystem and MAVLink.

You will join an established team under a Team Lead, with senior engineers owning architecture. You write software across the sUAS stack: flight control integration, on-board payloads, and the ground segment.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain C++ software running on Group 1-2 sUAS platforms and Pixels-integrated payloads

• Build against ArduPilot/PX4 and MAVLink for flight control integration and telemetry

• Develop ROS/ROS 2 nodes for on-board sensing, data collection, and payload control

• Support hardware-in-the-loop testing and flight test events with our pilots and engineers

Required

• BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

• 3 to 5 years of professional software development experience

• Embedded C++ shipped on real, resource-constrained hardware

• Strong Linux systems fluency

• Hands-on ROS or ROS 2 development experience

• Working familiarity with ArduPilot or PX4 and MAVLink

• US citizenship

• On-site at our Sunrise, FL headquarters

Strongly preferred

• Rust proficiency

• Deep autopilot internals experience (ArduPilot or PX4 contribution a plus)

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Robotics

What sets you apart

• On-target inference deployment: CUDA, TensorRT, model optimization on SWaP-constrained hardware

• Ground control station development experience

Why Pixels: the loop from your commit to a flight test is measured in weeks, and what you build reaches the soldiers who use it. South Florida cost of living, and Florida has no state income tax.

Compensation: $100,000 to $140,000 plus full benefits. Top of band is reserved for candidates with Rust proficiency, experience and advanced degrees.

Pixels On Target is an equal opportunity employer.