CareerPlanSign in

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Flight Software

Torrance💼 Full-time💰 $155,000–$155,000🗓 2026-06-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Developing safety-critical flight software for the ES-30 regional hybrid-electric airplane, including aircraft control functions, engine controllers, and battery management systems.

Role type

Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Flight Software)

Builds

Embedded software for aircraft control, simulation tools, and test infrastructure for the ES-30.

Domain

Aviation / Aerospace / Hybrid-electric propulsion

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Safety-critical code development, embedded systems programming, systems design, fault tolerance mechanisms, CI/CD pipeline development, functional safety compliance (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, DO-178C), test infrastructure creation, mentorship

Preferred skills

Rust, Python, C, C++, embedded environment execution (microcontrollers, bare metal, RTOS), cyber-physical system modeling (6 DoF Simulators, Monte Carlo, Battery Pack Models), hardware/software test development, fuzzing

Technologies

Rust, Python, C, C++, RTOS, embedded OS, 6 DoF Simulators, Monte Carlo, CI/CD

Responsibilities

Create highly reliable embedded software for critical aircraft systems; design and build next-generation hybrid electric aircraft capabilities; develop tools for test execution across multiple environments; invent systems for continuous integration and release; mentor junior engineers and set best practices.

Seniority

Senior (5+ years), Staff (8+ years), hands-on IC with mentorship

Sourced via greenhouse · Listed on CareerPlan, which tracks 70,000+ jobs from 20+ sources.