Job Description
Software Engineer (Systems / C++ / Rust)
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We are partnering with a Melbourne-based deep-tech company building autonomous optical systems for defence and national security.
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They combine advanced optics, software, AI and edge computing to solve complex real-world problems, with technology being deployed on drones, unmanned systems and real aircraft.
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They're looking for a Software Engineer to join a newly formed Platform team responsible for the shared software layer that sits underneath their products.
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About the role
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This is a hands‐on software engineering role for someone who enjoys solving complex systems‐level problems and working close to hardware.
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The Platform team is responsible for building and evolving the reusable software capability that other engineering teams build on top of. This is not a DevOps or SRE platform role.
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You'll be working on an existing platform, taking ownership of meaningful parts of the system and helping it evolve to support multiple products, technical disciplines and future capabilities.
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You'll work closely with engineers across computer vision, machine learning, control systems, hardware and product, helping make complex lower‐level problems easier for those teams to work with.
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What you'll be doing
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Build and improve the shared software platform underpinning their products
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Take ownership of significant parts of an existing complex system
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Design reusable libraries, tooling and platform capability for other engineers
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Work closely with Computer Vision, ML, Controls, Hardware and Product teams
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Solve problems across performance, memory,



concurrency and system behaviour
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Build validation and benchmarking tooling to help measure system performance
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Support the integration of current algorithms and technical capabilities into the wider platform
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Contribute to architecture, technical design and engineering decisions
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Debug complex problems across software and hardware boundaries
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Help evolve the platform as the business moves from supporting one product to multiple products
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Work with a high degree of autonomy in a small, highly technical team
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Technical setting
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Currently uses Rust, but previous Rust experience is not essential.
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Relevant backgrounds could include:
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C++
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C
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Embedded or systems software
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Real‐time or performance‐sensitive systems
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Networking / distributed systems
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Concurrency and multithreading
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Hardware integration
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Robotics
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Autonomous systems
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Simulation
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3D graphics / game engines
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CUDA
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About you
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You're a strong hands‐on software engineer who enjoys understanding how systems work beyond an individual function or service.
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You'll ideally have:
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Strong software engineering fundamentals, ideally with C++, C, Rust or another systems‐oriented language
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Experience working on complex, performance‐sensitive or hardware‐adjacent software
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Strong systems‐level thinking and the ability to understand how different parts of a system interact
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Experience taking ownership of meaningful software components or subsystems
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Strong debugging and problem‐solving skills
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An understanding of areas such as performance, memory management, concurrency or real‐time behaviour
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Experience working with engineers from different technical disciplines
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The ability to operate autonomously and make sound technical decisions
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Curiosity and a willingness to work in technical areas you may not already be an expert in
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You do not need to be a Computer Vision, ML or Controls specialist, but you should be comfortable working alongside engineers in those areas and understanding enough of the concepts to make good software decisions.
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Work on genuinely complex software connected to real physical systems
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See the technology you build deployed on real aircraft and autonomous platforms
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Help shape a new Platform team from the ground up
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Work across software, AI, computer vision, controls and hardware
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Take meaningful ownership rather than working on a narrow part of the stack
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Solve technical problems that don't have obvious existing answers
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Work in a small team with a high level of autonomy and technical influence
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Location: Port Melbourne
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Hybrid: 3 days on-site
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Australian citizenship required due to security clearance requirements.
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📌 Software Engineer (Victoria)
🏢 Ndeva
📍 Victoria