Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Air Systems (Avionics)

Job Description

Job Description

US Citizen or Permanent Resident

In-Person

Starts Immediately

Join us in building aircraft at scale, reindustrializing the Midwest, and turning autonomous aircraft into decentralized infrastructure. Orb is a small mission-driven team where your initiative, creativity, and dedication will be used to reach every village on the planet with power, logistics, and communications.

Your Role at Orb :

Orb is building software-hardware-integrated air platforms. This position will lead the design and of world class microelectronics, sensors, and edge compute devices. This position will develop firmware and interface with software primarily in Rust.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and integrate autonomy into edge computing systems
• Develop and test software solutions within Software-in-The-Loop and Hardware-in-The-Loop environments
• Leverage existing mesh network hardware to support real-time communication
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary project teams
• Lead and mentor a small software team while balancing multiple projects
• Implement modern DevOps practices

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

About Orb Aerospace [AT1] [CC2] [AT3]  : Orb was started with the mission to bring aviation to the 80% of the world that’s never had it; turning autonomous aircraft into tools to decentralize infrastructure, connect continents, protect soldiers, provide for families, and run economies. “Less like the flying taxis, more like the flying cowboys,” Orb is at the intersection of manned and unmanned aviation, reindustrializing the Midwest, and building the future we know is possible and want to live in.

About Node One : Node One is a small team of engineers and operators who have dedicated their lives to solving some of the world’s hardest problems through a new kind of aviation. Orb’s live-work-fly R&D HQ. Node One is all about reducing the cycle time to design, build, and fly aircraft from years to months and building the systems and platforms we’ll use to reach every village on the planet. We stand on the shoulders of giants. Their great work allows us to accomplish ours. If you’ve been a rocket / airplane nerd and have a passion for designing, building, and flying airframes, autopilots, power systems, and embedded systems, or you love to push a new product through new manufacturing methods to a new market, come join the team at Node One and make history.

Orb Employees Are :

Standard Benefits Package :

o   $500 flat rate for individuals; $850 flat rate for married / family

Perks :

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.