Posted 2 months ago
Senior PX4 Developer
AI Summary
Senior PX4 Developer contributes end-to-end to drone autonomy software, modifying PX4 firmware and embedded firmware, and supporting simulation, flight test, and debugging.
About this role
Rainmaker builds systems to make it rain. Our autonomous drone fleets and weather modification platform operate worldwide: expanding freshwater supplies, protecting agriculture, and proving that cloud seeding works at scale.
You are:
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A seasoned software engineer with a background in drone autonomy
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Fast, thoughtful, autonomous, and opinionated
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Willing to relocate to El Segundo, California
What you’ll work on:
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Contribute to our drone autonomy software stack end-to-end as a domain expert
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Modify and extend PX4 firmware for custom use cases and flight behaviors
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Develop firmware for embedded systems across power, peripherals, and sensing
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Support simulation-based testing in Gazebo, HITL, and SITL environments
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Assist with flight test support, log analysis, and software debugging
What we’re looking for:
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3+ years of professional experience developing software for PX4/ArduPilot systems
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Experience shipping production code in Rust, plus C++ or Python
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Experience developing firmware for ESP32, RP2040, or similar embedded targets
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Comfort with low-level peripheral buses: CAN, UART, I2C, SPI
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Experience with real-time pub/sub middleware (Zenoh, DDS, ROS 2, MQTT, or similar)
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Working knowledge of MAVLink and typical autopilot integration patterns
