Sensor Software Developer

Salary Competitive

Interested in working with drone and manned helicopter payloads? Do you want to capture, process and visualise data from advanced RGB & hyperspectral cameras, LiDARs, survey-grade GNSS & IMUs and other sensor systems? We're looking for hands-on developers for our connected sensor systems software development and architecture design.


In this position you would be responsible for software development in sensor interfacing and data capture with Python, Go or C/C++ in Linux environments. Experience and most importantly enthusiasm with embedded hardware or sensor interface development is required, and experience in at least two of the these programming languages is necessary.


In addition, any prior knowledge of these technologies is also appreciated:

Arduino (or any embedded microcontroller platforms), Ansible, Linux, RTOSes, Databases, NodeJS, React, AWS S3, Docker


We need developers for many different roles such as improving automatic data capture, monitoring and quality assurance in hard-core low-level C/C++ and higher level Python APIs or designing sensor operator user interface for our future platforms. Don't hesitate to contact if you feel you don't yet tick all the boxes or have years of industry experience — cool hobby projects count too.

We offer flexible working hours and vacation time, as well as the possibility to learn cutting edge technologies from the field of drones and helicopter sensor systems, geographic information systems, professional satellite navigation systems, sensors integrations like LiDAR and thermal cameras, machine learning/AI, embedded programming, DevOps, and of course a hands-on experience in a growth company R&D work.

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Working at
Sharper Shape

Our Mission is to help electric network operators improve the reliability and safety of their assets. We deliver the most advanced integrated intelligence platform that combines automation, human and artificial intelligence for inspection services, enabling our customers to act proactively and minimize the risks of outages, wildfires and other incidents. By doing this we help saving lives and property. Programming is at our core. We operate around the world, our international team of more than 60 employees with more than 10 different nationalities is primarily situated in Finland and the west coast of USA. We work with “more than state of the art” technologies, such as LIDAR & other sensor technologies, drones & helicopters, AI/ML, Big Data (Peta bytes), Cloud etc. We create a digital twin (Virtual copy) of our customers environment and perform advanced technical/mathematical analysis to recognize potential risks related to their network, eg vegetation too close to the lines or broken components. We work closely in teams and support each other to succeed in our work. At Sharper Shape we have flexible working hours and remote work opportunities (also from other countries), The main office for Tech Development is located next to a metro station in Espoo, a 15 minute ride from the capital Helsinki. If you are a WIZARD in any of the following areas LIDAR, Hyperspectre, UH cameras, UV, Heath cameras, drone automation AWS, Golang, Python, Kubernetes, React, Kafka and interested in MEANINGFULL, technically challenging work – Contact us! jobs@sharpershape.com WWW.SHARPERSHAPE.COM

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