Senior Flight Controls Software Engineer

Summary

Join Archer, an aerospace company in San Jose, California, as an experienced Embedded Software Engineer. You will design, develop, and test safety-critical software for our all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft's fault-tolerant flight control system. This role involves collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team, working with system engineers to define software requirements, and contributing to continuous process improvement. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in flight control software, proficiency in C/C++, and familiarity with relevant safety standards like DO-178C. Archer is committed to diversity and inclusivity, offering a challenging and rewarding work environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a flight control software or a related field
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree
• Proficiency with C/C++
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink
• Fluency with widely used scripting languages like bash and Python
• Experience developing software complying with safety standards like DO-178C to high criticality levels (DAL-A/B)
• Understanding of communication standards and protocols (RS-422/485, CAN, ARINC-429, AFDX, Ethernet, TCP/IP, etc.)
• Familiarity with debuggers and lab instruments such oscilloscopes and bus analyzers
• Experience with Model Based Software development and certification (DO-331)

Responsibilities

• Develop safety critical software components for Archer’s flight control system
• Participate in planning, design, scheduling, prioritizing, and tracking the project
• Work with system engineers to decompose item requirements into high level and low level software requirements in compliance with DO-178C
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team to develop and integrate the complex hardware/software flight control system
• Development of software plans, processes & guidelines
• Software requirements decomposition, analysis, definition, and traceability
• Software design and development, performance, risk, safety, operation and cost optimization trade studies, and lead / conduct design reviews
• Software analyses, requirements-based testing, and structural coverage analysis
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our processes to increase safety and efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with VHDL and/or Verilog development
• Familiarity with modeling tools like UML or SysML
• Knowledge of Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and multi-threading
• Experience in Linux
• Experience with DO-254
• Experience with tools qualification (DO-330)