Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Safe Pro AI is a company focused on building advanced aerial mapping and AI systems for humanitarian demining and defense. As an Edge Systems Software Engineer, you will be responsible for building systems that detect landmines in real-time from camera arrays mounted on Unmanned Ground Vehicles, working at the intersection of hardware integration, real-time software, and life-saving AI.
Responsibilities
- Hardware Integration: Build the software bridges to connect, control, and pull real-time streams from camera hardware to edge compute units
- Real-Time Pipelines: Develop robust video capture and streaming systems capable of handling live, high-throughput feeds
- Edge AI Deployment: Optimize and deploy computer vision models to run efficiently on local edge devices, maintaining high accuracy and frame rates
- Telemetry & Comms: Geolocate detected threats in real-time and package that data to be streamed back to the UGV ground control station for immediate navigation decisions
- End-to-End Ownership: Own features entirely from scratch—from writing the initial drivers to testing software alongside physical hardware
Skills
- 2-5 years of experience
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Hands-on experience or deep technical understanding of edge compute AI devices and interacting with hardware peripherals, including ARM architectures
- Remote (Northeast preferred to facilitate remote collaboration with potential local hardware access, though day-to-day work is remote
- High velocity, comfortable with ambiguity, and a strong desire to work on a small team where you can see your code impact hardware directly
- Experience with C++
- Familiarity with camera APIs/SDKs and camera control systems, including exposure, focus and triggering
- Familiarity with video streaming protocols (RTSP, WebRTC)
- Basic understanding of geospatial data, GPS coordination, or telemetry data strings
Benefits
- Growth Path: This is an initial 3-month contract position, with a strong likelihood of transitioning into a permanent, full-time role with equity benefits (symbol $SPAI) based on project performance.
- Collaborative and mission-driven team environment with zero bureaucracy and lots of humility.
- Strong impact on a small team where your work directly influences a brand-new hardware product direction.
- Meaningful opportunities for full-time growth and equity as the company scales.
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