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Embedded Software Engineer - Architecture & CI/CD

HyLight· Engineering
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Hybrid (Paris, France)Full-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Software-first embedded role focused on defining the architecture, building a hardware abstraction layer, and establishing CI/CD for HyLight's autonomous HyLighter airship. You will work with PX4 and QGroundControl, design modular onboard/ground software, and drive end-to-end development and deployment practices.

Responsibilities

  • Own the software architecture: define the global architecture of our embedded systems (onboard and ground), with clean interfaces and modularity that make the system easy to extend and test.
  • Build a hardware abstraction layer: design the abstraction that lets us control sensors, actuators and subsystems as one machine, decoupling application logic from the underlying hardware.
  • Set up CI/CD and continuous development: pipelines, automated tests, build/release tooling and workflows to enable fast, reliable feature development and deployment.
  • Work with PX4: extend and integrate PX4-based flight software and the QGroundControl ground station to fit HyLighter's needs.
  • Enhance robustness and reliability of existing avionics and embedded software.
  • Drive technical studies and system architecture for future features and payload integration / data-capture automation.

Qualifications

  • Education: Engineering degree or equivalent in Embedded Systems, Software, Electronics, or Computer Engineering.
  • Experience: Solid embedded development experience with a focus on software architecture; ownership of non-trivial embedded codebase.
  • CI/CD: Hands-on experience setting up CI/CD and continuous development workflows (pipelines, automated testing, build & release).
  • PX4 / drones: Experience with PX4, MAVLink and QGroundControl, ideally on a drone or aerial robotics product brought to a real operating stage.

Skills

Required:Software architectureHardware abstraction layerCI/CD toolingPX4 / MAVLink / QGroundControlC/C++ and PythonEmbedded hardwareCommunication protocols

Benefits

  • Real responsibility and direct impact on cutting-edge autonomous flight technology
  • Mentorship with the Tech and Regulatory teams
  • Become a shareholder in HyLight
  • 100% reimbursement of public transport pass (Navigo) or €800/year for sustainable commuting
  • Bike provided for commuting
  • Free lunch
  • Bi-annual offsite trips with the whole team
  • Excellent work environment: international team, team events, offices on a former airbase
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About HyLight

Small unmanned hydrogen airships for long range monitoring

HyLight builds and operates autonomous airships for long range monitoring. We focus on detecting methane leaks on pipelines and defects on power lines. Our innovation, the HyLighter, is a crossover between drone and airship technology. Like a drone, it is easily controllable and transportable. And, like an airship, it is extremely energy-efficient, enabling it to fly for up to 10 hours at slow speed (22mph) for optimal data collection which represents a range of 220miles. Today, energy infrastructure operators struggle with conducting inspections that are simultaneously: massive and precise. HyLight offers a solution to precisely detect issues on the infrastructure at an industrial scale, and all of this without emitting GHGs. We are 3 co-founders experienced in hardware and energy companies with Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Business from the best Engineering and Business School in France. We have developed 5 different flying aircrafts and signed 5 pilots programs with major energy infrastructure operators. We also have LOIs worth over $3.5M.

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