Aviation Software Architect & Certification Lead

Grid Aero; San Leandro (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Grid.aero is seeking a Software Architecture and Certification Engineer to own the architecture of the flight and mission software on our autonomous aircraft and the plan to certify it. You will define how the software is partitioned, assured, and verified, while keeping the approach lean for a small, fast-moving team.

You will collaborate with GNC, avionics, and autonomy teams to establish interfaces and integration strategies, set software assurance levels, and guide the verification and

Qualifications

• Experience with embedded or safety-critical software architectures.
• Background in real-time systems and RTOS.
• Familiar with software verification and certification processes.
• Ability to define interfaces across avionics components.
• Knowledge of DO-178C or similar standards.

Responsibilities

• Define software architecture for flight-critical and mission software.
• Define partitioning and interfaces between flight-critical and non-critical software.
• Define interfaces between software and hardware at aircraft system level down to components.
• Write and own the software development plan and certification approach.
• Set software assurance levels and verification/validation strategy with safety lead.
• Evaluate tools and methods, including formal methods, to reduce verification effort.
• Collaborate with GNC, avionics, and autonomy teams on interfaces and integration.

Skills

Embedded software

RTOS experience

DO-178C

Airworthiness cert

Formal methods

Embedded cybersecurity

First principles

Tools

Static analysis

Formal methods tools

Job description

Grid.aero is seeking a Software Architecture and Certification Engineer to own the architecture of the flight and mission software on our autonomous aircraft and the plan to certify it. You will define how the software is partitioned, assured, and verified, while keeping the approach lean for a small, fast-moving team.

You will collaborate with GNC, avionics, and autonomy teams to establish interfaces and integration strategies, set software assurance levels, and guide the verification and