UAV Software Engineer (C#)

Bestgate Engineering

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Baltimore, MD, us on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted March 21, 2025 Last posted March 21, 2025
Job description

We love what we do and we hire the best and brightest engineers who want to work with like-minded folk. Our customers provide us the opportunity to attack specialized problems that simply cannot be solved anywhere else. 

We are looking for software engineers who are interested in designing high-visibility solutions to help our customers protect infrastructure and data critical to national security; ingest, process, and analyze astronomically large data sets; and build tools to enable our warfighters to make quick, intuitive decisions that save lives. Our customers' projects range from next generation PKI, malware analytics, cloud platforms (PaaS, IaaS, SaaS), real-time and batch big data processing, highly distributed systems, machine learning, AI, quantum computing, and much more.

In addition to doing unique work with great teams, Bestgate ensures its employees are well compensated for their premier skills. We offer competitive salaries, 100% premium paid medical coverage, generous paid time off, multiple avenues for professional development, and many more

This position is with our Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) engineering group. We are helping our customer build ground control software and on-board communications systems for various drone platforms. You will help design, develop and deploy solutions, working on small, distributed Agile development teams. Our customer works Pacific Standard Time, and we make quarterly trips to collaborate with them. Our team works remotely and on-site at our office on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) campus. 

  • Comprehensive understanding of C# language, including .NET garbage collection semantics
  • Proficiency in multi-threading/concurrency in server and UI environments
  • Mastery of OOP and general software engineering best practices
  • Exposure to Scrum SDLC
  • Ability to provide guidance and mentorship to more junior developers
  • Experience developing user interfaces using Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) API, XAML, using an MVVM platform
  • Preferred location near Baltimore (office is @ UMBC campus); remote work may be possible
  • Experience with Unmanned Aerial Systems or protocols a plus
  • Experience with C++, Xamarin, and the .NET standard in Linux a plus

We offer competitive salary and tremendous benefits, to include:

  • Fully paid medical premiums
  • 5 weeks of vacation and sick leave 
  • 7% unmatched 401(K) contributions
  • Year-end bonuses
  • Tuition and training allowances
  • Short and Long-term Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance
  • Company happy hours, parties, and morale building events (get paid to hang with your team)
  • Gym and Health Club Membership reimbursements
About this role

Summary

Design, develop UAV ground control and onboard communication software in a team environment.

Job title

UAV Software Engineer (C#)

Experience level

not specified

Industry

defense

Location requirements

Remote possible; ideally near Baltimore, MD

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

C#.NETmulti-threadingOOPScrum

Preferred skills

C++XamarinLinuxUAV protocols

Specializations

C#.NETmulti-threadingOOPuser interfaces
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Baltimore, MD, USA

Hybrid City