Principal Software Engineer

Location: Orlando

Department: Software Engineering

The Role

As a Principal Software Engineer at Red 6, you will take a critical role in developing next generation AR pilot training and operation. You will be responsible for identifying and implementing novel solutions to cutting edge augmented reality challenges. To achieve that mission, you will be involved in developing the companys simulation back-end and implementing features that can involve numerous aspects of the graphics and visual domain, as well as hardware-software integration, data processing and optimization. You will work on integrating state-of-the-art simulation technology with live aircraft.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, and optimization of high-performance software for AR/VR systems using C++ and Unreal Engine.

Architect and implement core features for synthetic reality applications, including rendering systems, simulation frameworks, and data pipelines.

Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, simulation, and design teams to deliver integrated AR solutions for military training environments.

Mentor and guide software engineers by setting technical direction, conducting code reviews, and promoting engineering best practices.

Evaluate and integrate new technologies to enhance system performance, visual fidelity, and real-time responsiveness.

Own end-to-end delivery of complex software components, from proto@type to deployment on live aircraft and training systems.

Ensure software is scalable, secure, and aligned with Red 6s quality and mission-critical requirements.

Drive technical problem-solving across the full software stack, including threading, memory management, and real-time data processing.

Participate in technical planning, requirement gathering, and documentation to support both internal teams and external stakeholders.

Contribute to the creation of testing strategies, tooling, and CI/CD infrastructure to support rapid and reliable development cycles.

Qualifications

10+ years of professional C++ development

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. (Masters preferred)

Familiar with build processes, compiler toolchains and content pipelines

Comfortable writing multithreaded, time-sensitive, and optimized code

Strong experience developing in Linux operating systems

Understanding of memory management, real-time simulation environments, hardware-software integration, and runtime optimization

Willingness to travel for customer integrations and demonstrations as required (up to 10%)

Qualified candidate must have the ability to obtain a security clearance. This requires U.S. Citizenship

Preferred / Additional Skills

Strong understanding of 3D math, techniques for numerical computing, modeling, simulation

Experience working on a live service or online multiplayer game

Experience with Jira, Perforce, and Confluence or similar bug/task tracking and version control software

Background with military or law enforcement and the ability to understand the nuances of customer use cases in those industries

2+ years of professional experience with high performance video game or AR/VR applications, preferably in the Unreal game engine environment

2+ years experience shipping user-facing features on games or other 3D interactive products

Ability to create data driven visuals as well as control in game objects with exterior data

Implement and improve various low-level systems that interface with platform APIs, i.e memory allocators (physical and virtual), file systems, input systems, graphics APIs, etc

Experience with sensors (camera, time-of-flight) or image processing

Red 6 Defense Systems LLC

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