SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Technology Innovation Institute; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Technology Innovation Institute (TII) seeks a senior embedded engineer to develop, integrate, and maintain secure flight controller software for autonomous UAVs. You will work on RTOS-based autopilot development, secure boot, and trusted execution on ARM platforms, collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to ensure reliable, high-quality software throughout the lifecycle.

The role focuses on embedded C/C++ for real-time systems, integration with sensors and hardware, and strengthening

Qualifications

• 8+ years in embedded software
• 5+ years in flight controller, autopilot, or safety-critical avionics
• Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related field; Master’s preferred
• Safety-critical software certifications (DO-178C, ISO 26262); MATLAB for test and validation workflows

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded software for real-time systems using C/C++
• Integrate software with sensors, interfaces, and hardware peripherals
• Perform integration, bring-up, debugging, validation, and performance optimization
• Participate in system integration, bench testing, simulation, and flight-testing
• Contribute to software architecture, design reviews, and documentation
• Support CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and deployment activities
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, test, manufacturing, and DevOps teams
• Support software quality initiatives and defect resolution

Skills

C/C++ real-time

Python tooling

PX4 autopilot

MAVLink/GCS

RTOS NuttX

ARM Cortex

Embedded security

MISRA C

Git workflows

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's in CS/EE or related

Master's preferred

Safety-critical certs DO-178C

ISO 26262 familiarity

MATLAB for test & validation

Tools

Git

Coverity

SonarQube

Black Duck

QGroundControl

Job description

Job Description:

Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is a publicly funded research institute, based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is home to a diverse community of leading scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and researchers from across the globe, transforming problems and roadblocks into pioneering research and technology prototypes that help move society ahead.

Role Overview

We are looking for a senior embedded engineer to develop, integrate, and maintain secure flight controller software for autonomous UAVs — from RTOS-based autopilot development to secure boot and trusted execution on ARM SoC platforms. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver reliable, high-quality software throughout the product lifecycle.

Industry / Domain

Autonomous UAV Systems / Embedded Security

Functional Activities

• Develop and maintain embedded software using C/C++ for real-time systems.
• Integrate software with sensors, communication interfaces, and hardware peripherals.
• Perform software integration, bring-up, debugging, validation, and performance optimization.
• Participate in system integration, bench testing, simulation, and flight-testing activities.
• Contribute to software architecture, design reviews, and technical documentation.
• Use Git-based version control workflows, code reviews, branching, merging, and release management.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, build automation, software packaging, and deployment activities.
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, test, manufacturing, and DevOps teams.
• Support software quality initiatives, defect resolution, and continuous improvement activities.

Experience

• 8+ years in embedded software
• 5+ years in flight controller, autopilot, or safety-critical avionics.

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming for real-time embedded systems; Python for tooling and test automation.
• Autopilot stack expertise (e.g., PX4) and MAVLink/GCS integration (QGroundControl or similar).
• Experience with RTOS (e.g., NuttX) and embedded OS environments. scheduling, POSIX, IPC, memory protection, drivers on ARM Cortex.
• Experience in software and hardware integration activities.
• Experience in Embedded security: ARM TrustZone, OP-TEE, trusted firmware, secure boot chains, eFUSE/OTP.
• Peripheral and build know-how: CAN-FD/SPI/I2C/UART
• Secure coding (MISRA C, SEI CERT), cryptography (TLS, AES/RSA/ECC), PKI/key management.
• Hands‑on experience with Git, source code management, and collaborative development workflows.
• Understanding of CI/CD, DevOps concepts, build systems, and automated testing.
• Experience using static code analysis and software security tools (e.g., Coverity, SonarQube, Black Duck) for code quality, security, and compliance verification.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem‑solving skills.

Education And Certification Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degrees (Master's or PhD) are preferred.
• Safety‑critical software certifications (DO-178C, ISO 26262); MATLAB for test and validation workflows.

At TII, we help society to overcome its biggest hurdles through a rigorous approach to scientific discovery and inquiry, using state‑of‑the‑art facilities and collaboration with leading international institutions. Our rigorous discovery and inquiry‑based approach helps to forge new and disruptive breakthroughs in advanced materials, autonomous robotics, cryptography, digital security, directed energy, quantum computing and secure systems.

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