Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM).
Echodyne is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our fast-growing team.
We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to build our next-generation software application that continues to extend the capability of our radars. As one of the key members of this team, you’ll partner with groups across the organization to design a compelling offering that works aside our cognitive radar technology. This is an exciting opportunity to inject your software engineering prowess into the cutting-edge field of mission-critical security that shapes the roadmap of one of the world’s fastest-growing C-UAS companies.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Utilize industry software design patterns to implement features on subsystem that interconnect our radars with customer systems and Echodyne UI
- Champion an architecture that can scale and perform for mission-critical operations
- Utilize your knowledge of Python, C/C++, and Rust programming languages to evaluate and build practical solutions that address both the current needs and yet designed to last
- Demonstrate leadership within and outside the team in technical and non-technical areas
REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE
- 7+ years of industry experience developing customer facing software systems
- Experience building modular architecture with API contracts
- Knowledge of Python and/or Rust and/or C/C++
- Experience implementing high performance back-end headless services
- Familiarity with CI/CD platforms
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to cross-functional teams and stakeholders
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
Echodyne’s technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant’s eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations. Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S.
WHAT WE OFFER
The pay range for this position is $141,000 - $215000 per year.
Our comprehensive benefits package currently includes:
- Incentive stock options
- Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage benefits for employee and family members
- Unlimited vacation, 12 paid sick days, and 9 paid holidays
- Company paid disability, life insurance, employee assistance program and travel insurance
- 401k Plan
All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.
Top Skills
What We Do
Echodyne designs and builds advanced radar solutions that unlock new capabilities for intelligent systems and autonomous machines and shatter price-performance barriers for sensor arrays. Our combination of patented metamaterials electronically scanned array (MESA®) technology with powerful software ultimately means significantly greater situational awareness that increases safety and saves lives. Our first radar is the size of a paperback book, weighs less than bowling pin, draws less power than a light bulb, yet outperforms every comparable radar on the market. We are just getting started.
Echodyne delivers commercial radar solutions for end users and integrators in Government and Defense, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Autonomous Vehicle markets globally. The company is based in Kirkland, Washington and backed by Bill Gates, NEA, Madrona Venture Group, Baillie Gifford, Vulcan Capital, Vanedge Capital, and Irongrey among others.
Discover more at echodyne.com.
