Embedded Engineer, Manna Drone Delivery

• This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys working close to hardware, taking end-to-end ownership, and solving hard systems problems in a safety-critical environment
• Deep proficiency in C++ and Embedded C/C++
• Strong debugging skills across software ↔ hardware boundaries
• Familiarity with Linux-based embedded systems
• Experience collaborating closely with hardware and operations teams
• Strong professional experience building embedded, robotics, or safety-critical software in production
• Familiarity with flight stacks (ArduPilot/PX4), ROS/ROS2, or similar platforms
• Exposure to real-time systems, performance profiling, or low-level networking

Desirable

• The Aircraft team is responsible for the software and firmware that runs onboard Manna aircraft and supporting hardware — including flight computers, sensors, chargers, batteries, and other critical systems
• This software directly affects flight safety, aircraft reliability, and fleet scalability. We work close to hardware, real operations, and real aircraft. Engineering decisions here have immediate real-world impact
• As a Software Engineer on the Aircraft team, you will contribute to delivery of core subsystems within the onboard aircraft platform
• You’ll design, build, and maintain embedded and onboard software, mentor other engineers, and raise the bar on reliability and safety
• Design and build embedded and onboard software components running on aircraft and supporting hardware
• Deliver complex features: design, implementation, testing, rollout, and monitoring
• Work primarily in C++ / Embedded C/C++, with Python used for tooling, testing, and
• Support systems
• Collaborate closely with hardware, airspace, QA, and manufacturing teams to deliver
• Safe, reliable systems
• Participate in aircraft bring-up, debugging, and in-field issue resolution
• Design software with failure modes, fault tolerance, and observability in mind
• Investigate and resolve complex aircraft and hardware-adjacent issues
• Contribute to architectural discussions and influence technical direction of the
• Aircraft platform