Job Url: https://www.remoterocketship.com/company/aerovect/jobs/software-engineer-united-states-remote Job Description: AeroVect Website LinkedIn All Job Openings AeroVect is a technology company that specializes in advanced automation for Ground Support Equipment (GSE) in the aviation industry. The company's flagship product, AeroVect Driver, is a highly scalable, OEM agnostic self-driving system designed to improve safety, productivity, and sustainability in ground handling operations. Trusted by leading airlines and handlers, AeroVect aims to revolutionize airside operations with its premier self-driving technology, built in Silicon Valley for the global aviation market. Aviation • Autonomous Driving • Aerospace 11 - 50 employees 🚀 Aerospace 🚗 Transport 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💰 Seed Round on 2022-07 Software Engineer 4 hours ago 🇺🇸 United States – Remote ⏰ Full Time 🟡 Mid-level 🟠 Senior 🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer Docker Linux Python Apply Now Receive Emails with Similar Jobs Report problem 📋 Description • As a Platform Engineer at AeroVect, you will own the reliability, performance, and scalability of the software foundation that powers our autonomous ground vehicle fleet. • You will be responsible for managing and optimizing our Ubuntu‑based operating system images, middleware, and device drivers that interface with a diverse multi‑sensor ROS 2 stack. • Your work enables our perception and autonomy teams to iterate rapidly and deliver safe, production‑ready capabilities to customers worldwide. • Design, build, and maintain custom Ubuntu/Linux distributions tailored for real‑time, safety‑critical autonomous vehicle workloads. • Optimize and tune ROS 2 DDS middleware (e.g., Cyclone DDS, Fast DDS) for low‑latency, high‑throughput multi‑sensor data flows. • Develop, integrate, and maintain kernel modules and user‑space drivers for LiDARs, cameras, radars, GNSS/INS, CAN, and other vehicle interfaces. • Maintain and expand the network interfaces of the system. • Implement observability and logging solutions to monitor system health, performance, and resource utilization in both lab and field deployments. • Collaborate with autonomy, perception, and controls engineers to profile CPU/GPU usage and remove bottlenecks across the stack. • Harden the platform for production by applying security patches, enforcing secure boot, and implementing over‑the‑air (OTA) update pipelines. • Own CI/CD pipelines for OS images and driver packages; automate build, test, and deployment processes. • Provide on‑call support for platform components during field trials and customer pilots. • Contribute to technical documentation and best‑practice guidelines for internal and external developers. 🎯 Requirements • 3+ years of experience developing or maintaining Linux‑based embedded or robotics platforms. • Deep knowledge of Ubuntu or Linux systems, including package management, systemd, networking, and kernel configuration. • Proficiency in C/C++ and Python; experience writing or debugging kernel modules and user‑space drivers. • Hands‑on experience with ROS 1 or ROS 2 in a production or research setting. • Familiarity with common communication buses and protocols (USB, Ethernet, CAN, PCIe, SPI, I2C). • Strong grasp of real‑time performance tuning, profiling tools (perf, eBPF, tracing), and resource‑constrained optimization. • Experience with Git, Docker/OCI containers, and automated build systems (Yocto, Buildroot, or similar).