UAV Software Engineer (C++)

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. We work remotely from our customer at our office adjacent to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) campus.

• B.S. Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar preferred; M.S. a plus
• Expert knowledge of Modern C++
  
• Fluency in object-oriented programming and design, development, and testing
• Experience in software architectural-level design and API development
• Knowledge of software design patterns; use of appropriate algorithms and data structures
• Experience developing multi-threaded software
• Understanding of constraints of real-time / embedded platforms
• Experience designing and implementing message processing software (data-link or control command interfaces, e.g. STANAG-4586)
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum SDLC, preferably in distributed teams
• Exposure to sensor integration (EO, IR, and various laser payloads)
• Exposure to avionics or UAS/UAV platforms
• Experience in C#, WPF, and MVVM a huge plus
  
• Fast, motivated learner!
• Excited to learn new technologies and offer creative and elegant solutions

We offer competitive salary and tremendous benefits, to include:

• Fully paid medical premiums
• 3 weeks of vacation and sick leave plus 10 holidays
  
• 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