# Software Engineer - Unmanned Aircraft Systems

**Company**: TEKEVER
**Location**: Bristol
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join TEKEVER, a leading organisation in unmanned technology, as a Software Engineer on our Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) team.

We are seeking a talented individual to contribute to the development and maintenance of software running on our UAS platforms, including autopilots, autonomy stacks, payloads, and other software-enabled subsystems.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Design, develop, integrate, and debug software for onboard UAS platforms

- Contribute to software roadmaps and implement features

- Collaborate internationally to maximise code base commonality across UAS platforms

- Work with cross-functional teams to rapidly deliver customer value

- Balance rapid development with formal engineering rigour

- Support field tests at our West Wales airport facility

**Requirements:**

- Degree qualified in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a similar technical discipline

- Experience in embedded-focused languages such as C++ or Rust

- Experience in UAS design, operation, and testing

- Familiarity with AI coding tools like Claude

- Eligibility for UK SC-level Security Clearance

- Willingness to undertake occasional domestic and international travel

**Desirable Skills:**

- Experience with IP-based networking, PX4/ArduPilot/MAVLink, autonomy, real-time operating systems, robotics frameworks, and Docker

- Strong Linux skills, including customisation for new hardware platforms using tools like Yocto

- Algorithmic development skills in areas like autonomy, machine vision, guidance, control, or sensor fusion

- Experience with CI/CD development and deployment using tools like CMake and GitLab CI

- Knowledge of full software development lifecycle, including requirements, architecture/design, implementation, and testing

**What We Offer:**

- Excellent work environment and opportunity to make a difference

- Salary commensurate with experience

- Company pension contribution matched up to 10%

- 25 days annual holiday + 8 Bank holidays

- Medical and dental insurance

- Salary sacrifice initiatives (EV Scheme, Cycle 2 Work, Tech Scheme)

- Discretionary annual company bonus

## Skills

### Required
- C++
- Rust
- UAS design
- autonomy
- real-time operating systems
- Linux
- CI/CD

### Nice to have
- PX4/ArduPilot/MAVLink
- Docker
- Yocto
- ROS 2
- FreeRTOS

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