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 new 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 environment

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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 positive 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