AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. 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.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience developing or maintaining Linux‑based embedded or robotics platforms
- Proficiency in C++ and Python
- Hands‑on experience with ROS 1 or ROS 2 in a production or research setting
- Knowledge of DDS internals and QoS tuning for deterministic data delivery
- Strong grasp of real‑time performance tuning, profiling tools (perf, eBPF, tracing), and resource‑constrained optimization
- Experience with Git, Docker/OCI containers
- Experience writing or debugging kernel modules and user‑space drivers
Responsibilities
- 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.
Other
- Comfort working in a fast‑paced startup environment and supporting field deployments at airports or other industrial sites
