Jobs at Performance Drone Works

Lead the design and implementation of complex software features and subsystems using C++. Collaborate across Product, Design, and Engineering; mentor engineers; improve performance, reliability, security, and code quality; enforce development standards; and support field deployments, demonstrations, and real-world debugging. The role focuses on embedded and cross-platform applications, responsive UI systems, backend integration, and continuous engineering improvement.

Administer endpoint management across Windows, macOS, iOS/iPadOS, and Android devices. Configure, image, provision, secure, patch, and troubleshoot endpoints using Intune, Jamf, and related tools. Manage applications, compliance policies, encryption, antivirus, conditional access, mobile application protection, remediation scripts, and asset lifecycles. Document procedures and collaborate with IT Operations, Identity, and Security teams on device trust and access standards.

Provide technical leadership and architecture for complex electrical subsystems across tactical robotic product programs. Establish engineering standards, lead design reviews, improve reliability and manufacturability, support high-rate manufacturing and suppliers, resolve production issues, investigate system failures, and mentor engineers. The role requires deep analog, digital, power, embedded, and high-speed design expertise, with occasional customer or facility travel.

Design, implement, test, and optimize software features for tactical robotic systems. Participate in code reviews, collaborate with Product, Design, and QA, debug live systems, provide occasional field support, maintain technical documentation, uphold engineering standards, and support CI/CD pipelines. The role involves taking end-to-end ownership of well-scoped technical problems and developing software primarily in C++ for embedded and cross-platform environments.

Own schedule, cost, and scope for cross-functional production programs from concept through design, integration, verification, and production transition. Manage schedules, risks, action items, change control, readiness reviews, and program metrics. Coordinate engineers, operators, manufacturing teams, suppliers, and customers while escalating issues and driving resolution. Track design reviews, prototype builds, testing, validation, and production-release milestones in a fast-paced defense and robotics environment.

Develop and maintain software for tactical robotic systems under senior engineering guidance. Responsibilities include implementing features and bug fixes, writing unit tests, participating in code reviews and QA, debugging during field testing, documenting code, and collaborating to translate requirements into software. The role emphasizes mentorship and technical growth across embedded systems, UI development, and robotics technologies.

Provides technical leadership across the software development lifecycle, architecting and delivering complex cross-platform systems. Leads design reviews, technical decisions, deployments, field testing, demonstrations, debugging, performance optimization, and security improvements. Mentors engineers, drives high-impact initiatives, collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders, and advances engineering standards. The role focuses on software for tactical robotic and aerial systems, including embedded Linux, Android, Qt, QML, REST, and JSON integrations.

Provide Tier 1/2 enterprise IT support, diagnose endpoint and network issues, manage device imaging and deployments, write PowerShell or Bash scripts, administer Entra ID workflows, and support endpoint security, patching, and encryption. The role also contributes to incident, problem, and change processes; collaborates with security and engineering teams; maintains knowledge-base content; and performs occasional hardware installation, lab support, and travel to facilities or test sites.

Provides technical leadership for complex electrical systems throughout architecture, schematic design, PCB layout, bring-up, testing, manufacturing, and production. Leads design reviews, standards development, root-cause analysis, supplier collaboration, field deployments, and hardware debugging. The role requires advanced analog, power electronics, high-speed digital, signal integrity, EMI, manufacturability, and reliability expertise, along with mentoring responsibilities and occasional customer-site travel.

Design and develop PCB assemblies and electronic subsystems using Altium Designer, producing schematics, layouts, fabrication documentation, and manufacturing outputs. Support board bring-up, validation, debugging, root-cause analysis, and manufacturing transition. Apply DFM, DFT, and reliability principles while maintaining engineering documentation and owning electrical subsystems from concept through production support. Collaborate with software, mechanical, manufacturing, product, and supply chain teams in office and manufacturing environments.

Provides technical leadership across multiple product areas, drives software architecture and engineering standards, resolves systemic technical challenges, leads design reviews, shapes technical roadmaps, mentors engineers, and supports field operations. The role focuses on large-scale cross-platform C++ systems using embedded Linux, Android, Qt/QML, REST, and JSON, with emphasis on performance, reliability, build systems, and collaborative development practices.

The Solutions Engineer supports Account Executives by translating customer mission requirements into unmanned aerial system solutions. Responsibilities include technical discovery, UAS demonstrations, CONOPS development, RFI/RFP responses, payload and software integration, field operations, FAA airspace compliance, technology evaluation, deployment support, and mentoring junior engineers. The role serves defense, law enforcement, military, and commercial customers and requires extensive domestic and international travel.