Software Lead – UAV Ground Control Systems (VC++, MFC, Win32)

Location: Hyderabad, India (Hybrid/On-site)

About the Role

We are seeking a highly technical and hands-on Software Lead to take ownership of our core Ground Control Station (GCS) and mission planning applications. In the mission-critical UAV sector, our ground control software acts as the central nervous system for flight operations, telemetry monitoring, and payload management. You will lead a dedicated engineering pod to architect, modernize, and scale our Windows-based applications, ensuring rock-solid reliability for complex flight profiles.

What You Will Do

- Technical Leadership: Lead the architecture, design, and development of high-performance desktop applications used for UAV mission planning, live telemetry tracking, and payload control.
- Core Development: Write, review, and optimize complex multithreaded code using VC++, MFC, and Win32 APIs for Windows environments.
- Team Mentorship: Guide a team of software engineers, enforcing rigorous code quality, memory management practices, and peer review standards.
- Systems Integration: Interface ground software with UAV flight controllers and communication links using protocols like MAVLink, UDP/TCP, and custom serial interfaces.
- Safety & Compliance: Champion aerospace software standards (such as DO-178C guidelines where applicable) to ensure mission-critical reliability and fault tolerance.
- Legacy Modernization:



Strategically decouple and refactor legacy MFC codebases into modular architectures to support future cross-platform or UI/UX scaling.

What You Bring

- Experience: 7+ years of hands-on software development with a minimum of 2+ years in a technical leadership or team lead capacity.
- Core Stack: Deep, uncompromising expertise in C++, VC++, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), and Win32 API.
- Concurrency: Strong command of multithreading, asynchronous I/O, IPC, and memory leak profiling in a Windows environment.
- Networking: Proven experience with network socket programming (TCP/UDP) for real-time, low-latency data streaming.
- Problem Solving: Exceptional debugging skills using Visual Studio tools, WinDbg, and performance profilers.

Standout Qualifications (Nice to Have)

- Prior experience in the aerospace, defense, or UAV industry developing GCS or avionics software.
- Familiarity with geographic information systems (GIS), map rendering (GDAL, QtLocation), or 3D rendering (OpenGL/DirectX).
- Knowledge of aerospace safety-critical verification processes (DO-178C, DO-330).

Why Join Us? You will be directly influencing the software that commands next-generation unmanned aerial systems. We offer a culture of high engineering rigor, competitive compensation, and the prospect to build products that solve real-world logistical and defense challenges.

How to Apply

Apply job here on LinkedIN. OR

Please send your resume to [email protected].

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