Mach Industries · 15 hours ago
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Huntington Beach
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $210K/yr
5+ years expMach Industries is a rapidly growing defense technology company focused on developing next-generation autonomous defense platforms. The Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure & Simulation will build the simulation and validation infrastructure that enables rapid iteration and high confidence in real-world performance of autonomous systems.
Drone ManagementIndustrialInfrastructureManufacturingNational Security
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain simulation and validation infrastructure for aircraft systems, including discrete simulations of avionics, sensors, power distribution, flight controls, and embedded software
Develop and operate Software-in-the-Loop (SITL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) frameworks to support rapid development, regression testing, and system validation across flight autonomy and embedded stacks
Build software infrastructure to emulate bare-metal drivers, avionics peripherals, and aircraft system behaviors, enabling early validation, fault injection, and failure-mode testing
Create and scale automated test pipelines that integrate simulation and HIL into CI/CD workflows to continuously validate flight software performance, safety, and reliability
Collaborate closely with autonomy, embedded, avionics, and systems engineers to define robust test strategies aligned with real-world flight profiles, environmental conditions, and operational constraints
Improve simulation fidelity, determinism, and performance to close the gap between simulated behavior and real aircraft dynamics
Optimize build and test infrastructure to leverage parallel execution, cluster computing, and shared compute resources for large-scale simulation and regression workloads
Define, track, and evolve metrics for test quality, coverage, and traceability, driving continuous improvement in aircraft software validation and confidence
Qualification
Required
Strong software engineering fundamentals with 5+ years of experience building production systems or developer infrastructure
Proficiency in C++ and at least one systems language such as Python, Rust, or C
Experience building or working with simulation, testing, or validation frameworks for complex software or embedded systems
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and modern build systems
Experience scaling test infrastructure across distributed or cloud compute environments
Knowledge of infrastructure tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, or similar
Preferred
Experience with SITL / HITL environments for robotics, autonomy, or embedded platforms
Familiarity with Linux-based systems, embedded software, or low-level drivers
Background in safety-critical or high-reliability systems
Benefits
Health insurance
Retirement plans
Opportunities for professional development
Company
Mach Industries
Mach Industries is a defense manufacturing company that develops unmanned systems and defense infrastructure.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$184.7MKey Investors
BedrockSequoia Capital
2025-06-17Series B· $100M
2023-10-04Series A· $79M
2023-06-15Seed· $5.7M
Leadership Team
Ethan Thornton
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