Aerospace Software Engineer - Embedded, Safety-Critical

AALTO; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday 25 days

Private medical insurance

Dental & optical cash back

Pension plan

Income protection

Life assurance

Perkbox discounts

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

AALTO in Farnborough is seeking a Software Engineer to develop robust, safety-critical software for airborne systems. You will work primarily in C, with opportunities to use C++ and Python, contributing across requirements, design, implementation, integration and verification.

This role involves collaborating with Systems, Hardware and Flight Operations teams to solve aircraft-level challenges and to support qualification and certification activities in a fast-moving aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of practical software engineering in aerospace or safety-critical environments.
• Experience contributing to airborne software development under DO-178C.
• Strong C programming skills; experience in C++ and Python.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and maintain high-quality software for safety-critical airborne systems using C, with C++/Python as needed.
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle from requirements to verification and qualification.
• Collaborate with Systems, Hardware, Test and Flight Operations teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Support software integration, debugging, test automation and evidence for certification activities.
• Participate in technical reviews and promote engineering best practices.

Skills

C programming

C++

Python

Aerospace experience

DO-178C

Embedded systems

Requirements management

Collaboration

Aerospace standards awareness

Job description

AALTO in Farnborough is seeking a Software Engineer to develop robust, safety-critical software for airborne systems. You will work primarily in C, with opportunities to use C++ and Python, contributing across requirements, design, implementation, integration and verification.

This role involves collaborating with Systems, Hardware and Flight Operations teams to solve aircraft-level challenges and to support qualification and certification activities in a fast-moving aerospace environment.