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Swarm Aero
Full time
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USA
09/12/2026
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Remote

Responsibilities

Own and evolve the autonomy stack for onboard reasoning, adaptation, and swarm coordination.
Architect perception, planning, control, inter-robot communication, and command-and-control systems running across the vehicle swarm.
Harden communication protocols for tactical swarm decision-making under degraded and contested communications.
Evaluate onboard versus offboard compute and centralized versus distributed decision-making tradeoffs.
Move autonomy capabilities from integration and testing into fielded operations and incorporate test data into the software stack.
Mentor and technically guide robotics engineers while establishing standards for clean, maintainable, efficient, testable, and reliable code.
Travel up to 25% for onsite testing and integration events.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field.
At least 3 years of experience building soft-real-time embedded systems.
Deep expertise in at least one systems language: Go, Rust, or C/C++.
Experience deploying and validating robotics algorithms such as Dubins planning, SLAM, Kalman filters, particle filters, A*, behavior trees, and reinforcement learning.
Working knowledge of embedded systems, SPI/I2C/serial protocols, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and microcontroller programming.
Strong networking fundamentals including NAT, mDNS, UDP/TCP, multicast, and firewall configuration.
Excellent software engineering practices focused on testable and reliable code.
Preferred: experience with perception systems, sensor fusion, multi-target tracking, deployed robotics or IoT systems, complex edge processing, robotics middleware, serialization formats, government UxS interoperability standards, electronics, and deep learning.
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations under ITAR requirements.

Benefits

Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company.
Competitive base salary commensurate with experience.
Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
Paid time off and paid sick leave.
Monthly wellness stipend.
Daily catered lunch at the office.
Paid parental leave.
Direct impact on a critical national security mission.
Up to 25% travel for onsite test and integration events.

Salary: $175k - $250k/yr

Swarm Aero

Swarm Aero develops swarming unmanned aircraft and command-and-control software that coordinate thousands of heterogeneous autonomous drones for defense and national security operations. The privately held company, founded in 2022, is building an aircraft purpose-built for swarm deployments and a...

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