Job Description
The Role
What You'll Work On
Desktop application development for mission planning, real-time telemetry, and vehicle diagnostics (Qt, Electron, or similar native/hybrid desktop frameworks)
Visualization and data presentation for complex, time-series, and spatial data from autonomous systems
Communication interfaces between desktop tools and embedded systems (serial, UDP, custom protocols, MAVLink or similar)
Ground support tooling: calibration workflows, pre-flight checks, log analysis, and fleet management interfaces
Collaboration with the simulation infrastructure team to expose cloud batch results in accessible, actionable UI
Web-based data analysis and visualization tools that connect to cloud databases. Think interactive flight data replay, post-mission analysis dashboards, and fleet-level trend reporting
C++ and Python development across the stack; comfort moving between application logic and lower-level interfaces
Contribution to the team’s overall software architecture and developer experience, particularly for tooling and internal platforms
What We're Looking For
You probably have:
5+ years of professional software development, with experience across desktop application development and web-based tools, ideally both
Strong C++ and/or Python skills; experience structuring non-trivial desktop applications
A track record of building UIs that are usable under real-world operational conditions, not just demos
Ability to work across the stack: from application logic down to protocol parsing or up to data visualization
Experience integrating applications with real hardware or real-time data sources
High standards for software architecture, API design, and internal tooling quality
It’s a bonus if you have:
Experience in aerospace, defense, robotics, or other safety-critical domains
Familiarity with embedded software concepts: you don’t need to write firmware, but you should be able to read it, build it, run it, and understand its constraints
Experience with cloud-based simulation or batch processing infrastructure
Exposure to geospatial visualization, 3D rendering, or time-series data at scale
Our Stack
Primary languages: C++ and Python
Desktop frameworks: Qt and/or Electron (we’re pragmatic and flexible about tooling choices)
Web UI: React or similar modern framework for cloud-connected data visualization and analysis tools; backends in Python
Data: custom telemetry protocols, time-series logs, simulation output from cloud batch runners
Version control and CI: Git, GitHub, cloud-based batch simulation and test runners
Modern AI coding tools used as productivity accelerators, not as a substitute for engineering judgment
Who We Are
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Job Details
- Category
- Software
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Byron, CA (Remote)
- Posted
- Compensation
- $180,000 - $275,000 per year
About Elroy Air
At Elroy Air our mission is to improve quality of life around the planet by expanding the reach of expedited logistics via air cargo - safely, efficiently and autonomously. Our air cargo system features rotor-based vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and transitions to wing-based cruise flight for long range. We have designed a holistic logistics system with integrated flight and ground operations that make our vehicles a safe, efficient way to transport cargo by air.
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