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Principal Software Architect

Camgian

Huntsville, AL · Posted November 6, 2026

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  • C#

About the job

Camgian is seeking an experienced software architect to help design our Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) line of products. As a Software Architect at Camgian you will serve in a high impact role defining how current and future operational needs will be addressed. You will contribute to the overall systems architecture and requirements but will be primarily responsible for the definition of software and component architectures for complex, mission critical systems. You will also find opportunities for reuse across the enterprise and identify architectural patterns. The position will have a high level of exposure from the executive level to the implementation teams and will require good written and verbal communication skills. The ideal candidate encourages an environment that promotes excellence, innovation, collaboration, and teamwork.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field with at least 15+ years of applicable experience.

Experience designing distributed systems

Ability to develop in multiple programming languages such as C++ and Python

Knowledge of DevOps and continuous integration

Experience with distributed and multiagent systems along with managing their emergent behaviors

Experience with pub-sub and data centric architectures such as DDS

Experience with real time and event-based systems

Experience developing mission critical software

Experience building Modular Open Systems Architectures

United States Citizenship

Desired Skills

Experience with Model Based Engineering tools (Enterprise Architect, Cameo, etc.)

Experience with graphical modeling languages like UML, SysML, and defense frameworks

Domain experience in combat systems and sensor fusion

Process Engineering and definition

Developing for secure environments

Domain experience in AI/ML, data science, and prognostics

Experience with multiple virtualization and containerization approaches including Proxmox and Ansible

Experience with Git Lab, Jira, Jenkins and other standard tooling

Designing for security and mitigating vulnerabilities/attack surface

Key Responsibilities

Define software and component architectures

Create comprehensive documentation, including architecture diagrams, technical specs, design patterns

Design solutions that integrate with existing systems and third-party services

Oversee low level software design, participate in reviews to ensure adherence to architectural standards

Ensure approaches will meet key performance parameters

Ensure key system characteristics are realizable such as scalability and reliability

Provide technical leadership and mentoring to software staff on architecture concerns

Perform trade studies and technology selection

Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies