Staff Software Engineer
Denver, CO · On-site
Performance Drone Works (PDW) is building the next generation of tactical robotic systems for defense and public safety missions. The Staff Software Engineer will provide technical leadership, uphold ...
PDW
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Staff Software Engineer
Denver, CO · On-site
Performance Drone Works (PDW) is building the next generation of tactical robotic systems for defense and public safety missions. The Staff Software Engineer will provide technical leadership, uphold ...
Full-time
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Job description
Job Summary:
Performance Drone Works (PDW) is building the next generation of tactical robotic systems for defense and public safety missions. The Staff Software Engineer will provide technical leadership, uphold engineering standards, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and engineering leadership to shape the technical roadmap.
Responsibilities:
• Provide technical leadership across multiple product areas, driving architectural decisions and cross-team alignment.
• Define and uphold engineering standards, ensuring consistency and quality across the codebase.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to shape the technical roadmap.
• Mentor engineers at all levels, investing in their growth and the overall capability of the team.
• Identify and resolve systemic technical challenges that span teams or platforms.
• Lead technical reviews and design sessions, ensuring architectural coherence and long-term maintainability.
• Represent engineering perspectives in cross-functional planning and strategic discussions.
• Support field operations and serve as a technical escalation point for complex issues.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Expert-level software development skills in C++, with deep understanding of systems design, performance optimization, and modern programming standards.
• Proven experience architecting and delivering large-scale, cross-platform software systems.
• Substantial experience with embedded Linux, Android, and similar platforms.
• Strong experience building complex UI systems with Qt/QML and integrating with backend services using REST and JSON.
• Deep understanding of software development processes including coding standards, agile methodologies, and CI/CT/CD.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to influence and align stakeholders across disciplines.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, with 7–10 years of professional software development experience, including experience in a technical leadership capacity.
Preferred:
• Background or hands-on experience with UAVs, aircraft, robotics, or autonomous systems.
• Extensive, production-grade experience with the Qt framework including QtWidgets, QML, and the Qt meta-object system.
• Track record of delivering cross-platform applications (Windows, Linux, Android) using Qt in high-reliability environments.
• Deep expertise in build systems and toolchains including CMake, QMake, and multi-target compiler configuration.
• Experience establishing Git workflows, branching strategies, and collaborative development standards across teams.
Company:
Strategic UAS capabilities, now organic and scalable to the tactical level unit. Founded in 2019, the company is headquartered in Huntsville, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.
Performance Drone Works (PDW) is building the next generation of tactical robotic systems for defense and public safety missions. The Staff Software Engineer will provide technical leadership, uphold engineering standards, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and engineering leadership to shape the technical roadmap.
Responsibilities:
• Provide technical leadership across multiple product areas, driving architectural decisions and cross-team alignment.
• Define and uphold engineering standards, ensuring consistency and quality across the codebase.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to shape the technical roadmap.
• Mentor engineers at all levels, investing in their growth and the overall capability of the team.
• Identify and resolve systemic technical challenges that span teams or platforms.
• Lead technical reviews and design sessions, ensuring architectural coherence and long-term maintainability.
• Represent engineering perspectives in cross-functional planning and strategic discussions.
• Support field operations and serve as a technical escalation point for complex issues.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Expert-level software development skills in C++, with deep understanding of systems design, performance optimization, and modern programming standards.
• Proven experience architecting and delivering large-scale, cross-platform software systems.
• Substantial experience with embedded Linux, Android, and similar platforms.
• Strong experience building complex UI systems with Qt/QML and integrating with backend services using REST and JSON.
• Deep understanding of software development processes including coding standards, agile methodologies, and CI/CT/CD.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to influence and align stakeholders across disciplines.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, with 7–10 years of professional software development experience, including experience in a technical leadership capacity.
Preferred:
• Background or hands-on experience with UAVs, aircraft, robotics, or autonomous systems.
• Extensive, production-grade experience with the Qt framework including QtWidgets, QML, and the Qt meta-object system.
• Track record of delivering cross-platform applications (Windows, Linux, Android) using Qt in high-reliability environments.
• Deep expertise in build systems and toolchains including CMake, QMake, and multi-target compiler configuration.
• Experience establishing Git workflows, branching strategies, and collaborative development standards across teams.
Company:
Strategic UAS capabilities, now organic and scalable to the tactical level unit. Founded in 2019, the company is headquartered in Huntsville, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.