Autopilot Software Engineer - Hybrid (Southampton / Portsmouth)

Location: Southampton / Portsmouth (Hybrid working available) Contract: Full-time, permanent Sector: Autonomous Systems / Aerospace / Robotics Are you passionate about building advanced autonomy for next-generation unmanned aircraft? Join a high-growth engineering team developing large autonomous fixed-wing UAVs for logistics, humanitarian, and defence applications. You'll contribute directly to creating robust, reliable, and safe flight-control systems for real-world missions.

About the Role

We're looking for an Autopilot Software Engineer to help accelerate the development of our autonomy and flight-control capabilities. You'll work across embedded software, behavioural autonomy, flight-control logic, and the full testing ecosystem - from unit tests to real flight trials.

Essential Requirements

Professional experience in software engineering with strong embedded C/C++ skills Practical, applied understanding of aerospace control systems Ability to develop behavioural/application-level autonomy software Experience with version control ( Git ) within an agile team, including documentation Strong skills with ST...