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🥝 Sr. Staff Software Engineer (Applications)

AeroVironment | San Diego, United States | Posted June 29, 2026

Job Description

**Worker Type**

Regular

**Job Description**

**Summary**

As a **Sr. Staff Software Engineer (Applications)** **,** you will be a senior technical leader and mentor in a stable, collaborative Agile development environment with a strong emphasis on software quality and

engineering excellence. In this role, one leads the planning, design, development and testing of mission systems flight software for uncrewed aircraft.

**Position Responsibilities:**

+ Software development in support of AV's vision-based navigation, autonomy, cooperative behaviors, and mission systems technology roadmap. Opportunity to contribute across the full software stack from applications to BSP/firmware based on technical needs and interest.
+ Work within a mature, quality-focused software development organization with established processes, comprehensive testing frameworks, and emphasis on technical excellence
+ Writes and tests onboard Linux ap...

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