Job Description
Title: Embedded Software Engineer Location: Tucson, AZ GuideTech , a subsidiary of Palladyne AI , builds high-performance avionics and autonomy software for aerospace, space, and defense systems. We support a wide array of vehicles, from small multi-rotors, heavy lift UAVs, unmanned fighter jets, launch vehicles, spacecraft, re-entry vehicles, missiles and counter-UAS interceptors. Our BRAIN flight computer pairs an NVIDIA Jetson Orin autonomy module with a Zynq-7000 real-time module for flight-critical Guidance/Navigation/Control, sensors, and I/O. Interfaces include RS-422/485, USB 3.0, HDMI, GigE, PWM/DSHOT, RS422, SPI, I2C, CAN, MIPI, PCIe, and more, with a hardware safety watchdog and triple-redundant IMUs. We outsource PCB fabrication and SMT assembly, and perform in-house inspection, bring-up, test, and final assembly of our board stack-so you'll see designs through to working hardware. We also leverage hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) flight simulation with our FLEX software and simulation to accelerate integration & test. Palladyne AI (NASDAQ: PDYN) is an AI software company on a mission to automate physically demanding work that has historically been "too complex to automate." With more than thirty years of robotics R&D - including during our time under Raytheon - we've developed advanced AI and ML software that enables robots to observe, learn, reason, and act with human-like intelligence. ABOUT THE ROLE We're seeking an embedded software developer who is a master with C++ to write efficient, reliable code that runs directly on hardware such as microcontrollers or embedded processors. You may develop firmware to control device behavior, manage memory carefully, and optimize performance within limited CPU and power constraints. The work often involves interfacing with hardware components like sensors, actua