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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Embedded Imaging Software Engineer - **Company:** Urban, Ltd. - **Location:** Denver, CO, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $180,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Codecs, Nvidia CUDA, Linux on Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Image Quality, Imaging Technology, Metadata Standards, PCI Express, Software Architecture, Real-Time Operating Systems, Low Latency, Bare Metal, Hardware Debugging - **Published:** September 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2991743454-2 ## About the Role * Experience building end-to-end camera/imaging systems, from sensor to downstream consumer * Working experience with image processing pipelines (debayering, calibration, correction) and CUDA or GPU-accelerated processing * Experience with optical calibration and characterization - distortion modeling, vignetting correction, MTF/sharpness measurement - and building the correction steps that apply them in a processing pipeline * Familiarity with motion/temporal compensation techniques (registration, stabilization, temporal filtering) for imaging from moving platforms * 5+ years developing embedded firmware in C/C++ for embedded Linux and/or bare-metal/RTOS systems * Hands-on experience shipping on NVIDIA Jetson or comparable embedded Linux/SoC platforms * Deep experience moving high-rate data over PCIe (driver, DMA, endpoint/root-complex level) * Solid grounding in networking, data routing, and command-and-control infrastructure * Strong hardware debugging skills and comfort working from schematics Nice-to-Haves / Preferred Skills: * IR/thermal imaging experience, including NUC and radiometric calibration * GStreamer, V4L2, or other imaging/video pipeline frameworks * Computational imaging techniques (super-resolution, stacking, HDR) * Defense imagery and metadata standards (MISB/KLV, STANAG); defense or mission-critical development experience * FPGA workflows or high-speed serial interfaces (SerDes, Aurora, MIPI) * Experience with optics and optical hardware * Experience with multi-sensor and multispectral fusion - co-registering and combining imagery across sensors and bands into fused data products, in partnership with downstream data teams Requirements: * Must be US Citizen or Permanent Resident * Must be able to obtain and maintain a US security clearance (an active clearance is a plus) * Must be located near Denver, CO or willing to relocate; role is on-site at our Denver headquarters (4800 Race St) * Travel expected to support field events, exercises, and customer engagements ## Description Urban Sky is seeking a Senior Embedded Imaging Software Engineer to own the firmware, imaging pipeline, and data-movement stack behind our electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) payloads - from the sensor at the focal plane to the command-and-control link on the ground. You'll write the firmware that drives our cameras and edge compute, own the CUDA image processing pipeline that turns raw pixels into clean, calibrated, geo-tagged imagery, and architect the high-rate data paths and C2 infrastructure that connect the payload to the customer. Your goal: deliver clean, honest imagery. Much of this work proves out in the field - at events, exercises, and customer engagements., * Own embedded firmware for our EO and IR payloads: sensor bring-up, driver development, and edge compute on NVIDIA Jetson platforms * Integrate cameras and sensors over PCIe, MIPI/CSI, and USB, and develop board-support packages for custom carrier boards, system-on-modules, and companion microcontrollers * Own the L0 image processing pipeline running in CUDA at the edge: debayering, white balance, gamma, and camera/lens correction - applied to raw frames before any codec * Own IR-specific processing: non-uniformity correction (NUC), bad-pixel replacement, and radiometric calibration * Develop multi-frame super-resolution and related computational imaging capabilities * Implement imagery metadata (KLV/MISB) so every frame carries accurate pointing, position, and time * Architect high-throughput data paths across the vehicle - PCIe as a first-class specialty - and the routing infrastructure that carries imagery, telemetry, and C2 across satellite, tactical-radio, and IP links * Optimize for latency, throughput, and determinism, and balance pipeline compute against onboard ML workloads sharing the same CUDA resources * Integrate payload firmware with the gimbal and motion-control stack, consuming pointing and autonomy commands from the broader payload software architecture * Develop and maintain optical calibrations for our EO/IR payloads - lens distortion modeling, vignetting/flat-field correction, and MTF/sharpness characterization - so imagery quality is measured and repeatable across cameras and flights * Implement motion and temporal compensation (frame-to-frame registration, stabilization, and temporal filtering) to maximize effective image quality from a moving platform ## Related Videos - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Fake or News - Claude's DNA Discovery, Quick Cloning & Crime on Insta](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100364-fake-or-news-claude-s-dna-discovery-quick-cloning-crime-on-insta) - [Single Server, Global Reach: Running a Worldwide Marketplace on Bare Metal in a Cloud-Dominated World](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1206-single-server-global-reach-running-a-worldwide-marketplace-on-bare-metal-in-a-cloud-dominated-world) - [Strange New Worlds: shaping the future of the digital age](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/677-strange-new-worlds-shaping-the-future-of-the-digital-age) - [Agent Smith Gets Hardware: Autonomous IoT Hacking From Debug Port to Cloud API](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100258-agent-smith-gets-hardware-autonomous-iot-hacking-from-debug-port-to-cloud-api) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Why Attend a Developer Event in 2026?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/688-why-attend-a-developer-event-in-2026) - [Dev Digest 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing)