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Senior Mission Systems Software Engineer - Embedded

USA💼 Full-time💰 $160,650–$217,350🗓 2026-09-07 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, develop, test, debug, and maintain safety-critical embedded software for aircraft platforms, integrating code with specialized hardware to meet industry and regulatory standards.

Role type

Senior IC embedded systems software engineer (flight software)

Builds

Operational Flight Program software and embedded real-time systems for aircraft

Domain

Aerospace / Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Full life-cycle software development, software architecture design, embedded real-time software development, debugging memory/timing issues, object-oriented analysis and design, Agile software development

Preferred skills

Embedded system software development, Rust, VxWorks, containerization, CI/CD DevSecOps, Open Mission Systems, Universal Command and Control Interface, sensor fusion

Technologies

Ada, C, C#, C++, Java, Python, Linux, Git, VxWorks, Rust, Cameo

Responsibilities

Design and develop software for embedded devices, convert customer requirements into software designs, integrate software with hardware components, analyze and improve software efficiency and stability, test and debug embedded software, implement emerging technologies, advise on software/hardware integration, track team performance, perform project management activities, mentor junior engineers, communicate with senior leadership and government counterparts

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