Software Engineer (EMB) II

Location: Huntsville, Alabama; daily on-site work is required. Periodic travel within the continental U.S. and to approved flight-test locations may be required.

Salary: $74,500–$113,500 per year

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous unmanned systems and defense technologies across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains.

What you will do

• Develop, test, debug, and maintain embedded software for unmanned aircraft, payloads, sensors, processors, and robotic systems.
• Integrate autopilots, software-defined radios, sensors, communications interfaces, actuators, and other embedded components.
• Write requirements, test plans, diagnostic tools, and validation procedures while supporting hardware selection and system resource planning.
• Develop prototypes and proof-of-concept demonstrations, estimate development effort, and support design reviews.
• Transition software to production and certification environments and participate in multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Support flight testing, field-test activities, and handoff to operational teams.

Requirements

• Must be able and willing to work on-site daily in Huntsville, Alabama.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• Two to five years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalent competency.
• Strong C++ and object-oriented development skills, plus Linux application development experience.
• Experience troubleshooting real-time systems across application, communications, drivers, and board-support layers.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or protected individual with qualifying asylee or refugee status; the role is subject to ITAR/EAR requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience with C, Python, unit testing, test-driven development, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Embedded development experience with robotics, drones, vehicles, medical systems, or similar products.
• Experience with ARM and STM32 processors, microcontroller RTOS platforms, Integrity, or VxWorks.
• Experience with autopilot software, board bring-up, board support packages, aerospace or defense systems, and electronics test equipment.
• Experience with formal software requirements, peer reviews, aviation, or remote-control fixed-wing aircraft.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Continuous learning, ownership, collaboration, and product-focused development are emphasized.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with company matching.
• 9/80 work schedule and paid holiday shutdown.