Helsing
Software Engineer, Rust
Washington, DC
No sponsorshipDetected 15 days ago
PythonRustC++Distributed SystemsAlgorithmsMachine LearningCybersecurityEmbedded SystemsRoboticsSensors
About the role
- You will work on Altra, Helsing's drone software platform, primarily written in Rust.
- You don't need to be a drone expert - but you should be a strong systems programmer who thrives in low-latency, high-reliability environments and is excited to apply those skills to a mission-critical product.
- Collaborating with ML engineers to integrate AI/ML pipelines into the broader system
Responsibilities
- You will design and build systems-level software that powers autonomous capabilities in challenging operational environments.
Requirements
- Have 5+ years of experience in systems-level software engineering
- Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Are proficient in Rust, or have strong experience in C++ or another systems-level compiled language with a willingness to work in Rust daily
Nice to have
- Direct experience with Rust in production systems
- Background in robotics, autonomous vehicles, or drone systems
- Experience with sensor fusion or multi-sensor data processing
- Familiarity with swarming, multi-agent systems, or decentralized coordination algorithms
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Company info
- Helsing develops artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities to protect and defend democracies. We build Altra, an AI-powered drone software platform, and HX-2, our autonomous drone. We are growing our US operations, cultivating an ambitious and committed team of mission-driven professionals to apply their skills to solve challenging problems.
- The role
- You will work on Altra, Helsing's drone software platform, primarily written in Rust. You will design and build systems-level software that powers autonomous capabilities in challenging operational environments. You don't need to be a drone expert - but you should be a strong systems programmer who thrives in low-latency, high-reliability environments and is excited to apply those skills to a mission-critical product.
- The day-to-day
- Designing, building, and maintaining Rust services across the Altra platform
- Working across the stack, from networking and protocol implementation to application-level services
- Contributing to increasingly advanced autonomy features
- Developing and testing software using simulation environments
- Writing software that must perform reliably on resource-constrained platforms under real-world constraints
- Have experience building distributed systems, particularly in unreliable or constrained network environments
- Helsing develops artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities to protect and defend democracies.
- We build Altra, an AI-powered drone software platform, and HX-2, our autonomous drone.
- We are growing our US operations, cultivating an ambitious and committed team of mission-driven professionals to apply their skills to solve challenging problems.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizen eligible to obtain a security clearance
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