Principal Software Architect

Alten Group; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Alten Group in Chennai, India, seeks a seasoned FCC Software Architect to define end-to-end architecture, technical strategy, and governance for a DO-178C DAL A compliant Flight Control Computer software solution for an eVTOL platform.

You will lead cross-functional teams, translate system requirements into scalable software architectures, and drive reviews, risk management, and compliance activities to ensure safety, reliability, and timely program execution.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in defining and governing embedded software architectures, with strong knowledge of Embedded C, RTOS, and safety-critical lifecycle.
• Extensive experience in safety-critical avionics or comparable embedded systems, with DO-178C lifecycle processes and certification artifacts.
• Ability to translate complex system requirements into scalable, maintainable software architectures.
• Proven leadership, architectural governance, and mentorship across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience driving risk management and technical decision-making at system level.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the FCC software architecture and DO-178C DAL A compliant solution.
• Provide architectural leadership for bootloader, BIT, redundancy, autopilot, and platform services.
• Translate system requirements into scalable interfaces and implementation strategies.
• Lead architecture reviews and ensure risk management and timely closure of actions.
• Enforce software engineering standards and DO-178C compliance activities.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with systems, hardware, verification, safety, and certification teams.
• Guide integration, root-cause analysis, and mitigation of architecture and program risks.

Skills

Embedded C

DO-178C

RTOS

Job description

We are seeking a seasoned FCC Software Architect to define and own the end-to-end architecture, technical strategy, and governance of a DO-178C DAL A compliant Flight Control Computer (FCC) software solution for an eVTOL platform. This role demands a leader who will provide architectural leadership for safety-critical embedded software, drive system-level design decisions, and technology direction while ensuring compliance, scalability, maintainability, and successful program execution. The ideal candidate will collaborate across various engineering teams to mentor and establish software architecture best practices.

Experience Required

10 to 15 years

Key Responsibilities

• Own and govern the FCC software architecture, defining technical strategy, architectural frameworks, and design principles for a DO-178C DAL A compliant solution.
• Provide architectural leadership for critical software capabilities including bootloader, Built-In Test (BIT), redundancy management, autopilot, and platform services.
• Drive the translation of system and allocated requirements into scalable software architectures, interface definitions, and implementation strategies.
• Lead architecture, design, and technical reviews, ensuring architectural integrity, risk management, and timely closure of review actions.
• Establish and enforce software engineering standards, development processes, configuration management practices, and compliance with DO-178C objectives.
• Guide software integration, technical issue resolution, root-cause investigations, and mitigation of architecture and program-level risks.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, verification, safety, quality, and certification teams, while mentoring engineers and providing architectural governance across the product lifecycle.

Qualification Criteria

• Proven expertise in defining and governing embedded software architectures, with strong knowledge of Embedded C and real-time software development on RTOS platforms.
• Extensive experience in safety-critical avionics or comparable embedded systems, with a solid understanding of DO-178C software lifecycle processes, compliance activities, and certification artifacts.
• Strong background in software architecture, system decomposition, interface design, integration strategies, debugging, and technical reviews.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, architectural governance, and mentorship across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience translating complex system requirements into scalable, maintainable, and certifiable software architectures.
• Proven track record of driving technical decision-making, risk management, and resolution of complex system-level issues.

Primary Skills

• Embedded C
• DO-178C
• RTOS

Key Skills

• FCC
• Avionics
• Bootloader
• BIT
• Redundancy Management
• Autopilot
• Avionics Communication Protocols
• Systems Engineering
• Certification Programs