Software Engineer - Deployment & Fleet Management

Company Overview
ACS (Allen Control Systems) is a defense technology company building precision robotic systems for the United States and its allies. Founded by two former U.S. Navy electrical engineers with deep experience in robotics and software, ACS brings together AI, computer vision, precision motion, and advanced hardware to solve complex defense challenges across land, air, and maritime environments.

Our flagship product, Bullfrog, is an autonomous precision weapon system that transforms existing weapons into highly accurate counter-drone systems — giving warfighters a scalable, cost-effective response to one of the fastest-growing threats on the modern battlefield. Bullfrog is deployed with U.S. forces, and ACS works with organizations throughout the U.S. military and national security community.

Following a $200 million Series B at a $2.2 billion valuation, ACS is rapidly expanding manufacturing, accelerating Bullfrog deployments, and developing the next generation of autonomous battlefield systems. This is an opportunity to join a proven, fast-moving team and help scale technology with direct, real-world impact on national security.

ACS is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with additional operations in Alexandria, Virginia; Mountain View, California; and Huntsville, Alabama. For more information, visit allencontrolsystems.com.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Software Platform/Infrastructure Engineer to own the software that builds, provisions, updates, and manages our fleet of autonomous systems in the field. You will be responsible for the delivery of "robot factory software" — the imaging, deployment, and fleet-management layer that everything else ships on.

We’re hiring across multiple experience levels, including:

• Associate Software Engineer.

• Software Engineer.

• Senior Software Engineer.

• Staff Software Engineer.

• Senior Staff Software Engineer.

Your title and level will be determined based on your experience, skills, and the scope of responsibility appropriate for the role.

What You'll Do:

• Build and maintain Jetson imaging and provisioning pipelines for repeatable, reliable device bringup.

• Develop the fleet agent and over-the-air (OTA) update system for safely updating software across deployed units.

• Own system services, startup/bringup sequencing, and host-level configuration (systemd, networking, security hardening).

• Work with Embedded Systems to define manufacturing ATP test and diagnostic hooks for the production line.

  What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• Strong proficiency in Python and shell; comfort reading/modifying C++ as needed (replaces the "strong C++ proficiency" line).

• Deep Linux fundamentals: services, networking, filesystems, boot process, package management.

• Hands-on experience with embedded Linux and/or single-board compute (NVIDIA Jetson, Raspberry Pi, etc.).

You'll Stand Out:

• NVIDIA JetPack / L4T, Yocto, or embedded Linux build systems.

• A/B OTA / robust update frameworks (Mender, RAUC, balena, or homegrown).

• Infrastructure-as-code and fleet-management tooling.

• Manufacturing test, ATP, or hardware bring-up / factory automation experience.

• Observability stacks (Foxglove, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary

• ACS Equity Package

• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

• Paid Time Off

Allen Control Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer, providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Allen Control Systems prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.