Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Aerospace

ZeroAvia Inc; Kemble; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health and dental care

Mental health support

Free lunch and healthy snacks

Stock options

25 days holiday

Free EV Charging

Relocation Support

Weekly Spot Bonuses

Income Protection and Legal Support

Job summary

ZeroAvia Inc. is seeking an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to drive the development of embedded control software for hydrogen-electric propulsion technology. You will deliver end-to-end software from requirements to verification and certification within a multidisciplinary team.

The role emphasizes safety-critical development with MISRA C, bare-metal MCU work, and model-based design using MATLAB/Simulink, in a hands-on, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related engineering discipline (or equivalent knowledge and experience).
• 8+ years in software development life cycle, at least 5 years in aerospace (DO-178B/C) or other safety-critical domain.
• Proficiency in embedded C and familiarity with MISRA C standards.
• Experience in bare-metal programming with microcontrollers.
• Knowledge of software architecture and/or software testing methods.
• Requirement analysis and flow down to software and detailed design.
• Knowledge of CAN, UART, SPI, and I²C communication.
• Experience of model-based development using MATLAB Simulink.
• Working knowledge with ARM microcontrollers.
• Understanding of control systems development.
• Basic understanding of electronics and ability to read schematics.
• Experience in certification programmes and in compliance demonstrations.
• Experience in scripting languages like Python would be an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded software for ZeroAvia's controller platform.
• Produce requirements, design, implementation, and tests for software components.
• Ensure software life cycle data produced are in accordance with development processes and procedures.
• Perform hardware/software integration for debugging, verification, and release of software.
• Contribute improvements to internal procedure and standards.

Skills

Embedded C

MISRA C

Bare-metal programming

ARM microcontrollers

Model-based development (MATLAB/Simuln

CAN/UART/SPI/I2C

Requirements management tools

Configuration management tools

Python scripting

Reading schematics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related engineering discipline

Job description

ZeroAvia Inc. is seeking an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to drive the development of embedded control software for hydrogen-electric propulsion technology. You will deliver end-to-end software from requirements to verification and certification within a multidisciplinary team.

The role emphasizes safety-critical development with MISRA C, bare-metal MCU work, and model-based design using MATLAB/Simulink, in a hands-on, fast-paced environment.