Lead Embedded Software Engineer
First seen by Alion on Oct 26, 2026.
As a Lead Embedded Software Engineer you are a key part of our Architecture team to develop and implement the core features and functionalities to have our drones operate safely and autonomously in the air.
Together with our world-class team, currently seven team members, you will take an empowering role: pushing the boundaries of drone technologies. You will be working closely with stakeholders in Germany and US from the System architecture and Hardware development departments.
This is a full-time office job. Candidates must be located in Kyiv.
What is your Day to Day Mission:
Lead a team of embedded engineers
Implementation, maintenance, and optimization of the Quantum-Systems autopilot firmware and firmware stack
Design, Conception, implementation, and testing of new autopilot functionalities
Export of flight control and navigation algorithms from Matlab / Simulink and integration into the autopilot’s embedded framework
Implementation, maintenance, and optimization of BSP / peripheral and external sensor drivers and their optimized operation in the scope of the real-time operating system
Building, documenting, and maintaining autopilot firmware for flight tests. Creation of flight test tickets, support of flight tests, and post-flight data analysis
Creating unit tests, debugging/tracing of the code base for code coverage/functionality testing
Maintenance of the firmware update eco system, including bootloaders & firmware updates
Support in the implementation and maintenance of production tools
What you bring to the team:
You have completed a degree in the field of bachelor’s or master’s degree in software engineering / electrical engineering and you have several years of experience working with embedded systems.
You have a deep understanding of embedded systems and you are a senior in designing, implementing and optimizing embedded systems.
You have strong knowledge of microcontrollers (ARM, Cortex-M), real-time operating systems and hardware and communication interfaces interfaces (UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, ETH ...)
You are experienced with real-time operating systems like FreeRTOS or uCOS II and knowledge of multi-threading, task scheduling, and inter-task communication.
You have the ability to bridge the gap between hardware and software, understanding the electrical and physical constraints, profound understanding of electronic schematics and efficiently utilizing available hardware resources
You master version control and collaboration tools such as git and gitlab and you have experience in working in collaborative development environments with agile methodologies.
You are highly self-motivated and drive your area of responsibility independently
Due to your open, communicative, friendly, and competent attitude, it is easy for you to be considered as an internal expert
English level at least B2
Why Quantum-Systems:
We Stand with Ukraine!
We believe in the power of combined efforts: straightforward tech expertise paired with a customer-centric focus.
We are industry pioneers who are ambitious, bold, and visionary.
We push limits, think outside the box, and strive for technological excellence to shape the future of aerial data.
We promise to be your runway for individual and professional growth.