Avionics & Embedded Systems Engineer

Alto Cirra; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation days

Paid holidays

Paid sick days

Insurance coverage (75% of premium)

Professional development budget

Job summary

Alto Cirra in Salt Lake City seeks an engineer to integrate sensors, telemetry and embedded electronics that connect our aircraft, payload and ground systems.

This is a full-time, on-site role at headquarters with up to 15% travel for field troubleshooting; base salary $110,000–$150,000 USD, 40 hours/week, and a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holidays, sick days and a $1,500 annual professional-development budget.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in embedded firmware, electronics integration or avionics.
• Experience with C/C++, microcontrollers and serial interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN).
• Ability to read schematics and debug power, signals and communication using bench instruments.
• Disciplined hardware bring-up, configuration tracking and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Integrate sensors, telemetry links and embedded controllers.
• Design and debug power distribution and electrical interfaces.
• Write and maintain embedded firmware and diagnostics.
• Support bench testing, harnessing and hardware bring-up.
• Document hardware configurations and changes.

Skills

Embedded Systems

C/C++

Serial Interfaces

Schematic Reading

Hardware Bring-up

Tools

PCB Design

RTOS Development

GNSS

Telemetry Radios

Job description

Integrate the sensors, telemetry and embedded electronics that connect our aircraft, payload and ground systems.

Team Engineering

Location Salt Lake City, Utah · Headquarters

Employment type Full-time employee, normally 40 hours per week.

Annual base salary USD $110,000–$150,000

Compensation No equity or bonus is included in this package. Compensation within the range will reflect relevant experience and role scope.

Work arrangement On-site at headquarters and approved field locations.

Travel Up to 15% travel for field troubleshooting.

Benefits 15 paid vacation days, 10 paid company holidays, 5 paid sick days, employer contribution of 75% of employee-only medical/dental/vision premiums, required work equipment, approved business travel reimbursement, and a $1,500 annual professional-development budget.

Relocation policy Applicants willing to relocate are welcome; relocation expenses are not included.

Visa policy Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

About Alto Cirra

Alto Cirra develops drone-deployed cloud seeding technology and data-backed program capabilities for ski resorts, water districts and watersheds. Our headquarters is in Salt Lake City.

This planned 2027 headquarters role supports our next phase of development. Hiring dates will be agreed individually; regional deployment plans do not represent confirmed local bases or flight authorizations.

Responsibilities

• Integrate sensors, telemetry links and embedded controllers.
• Design and debug power distribution and electrical interfaces.
• Write and maintain embedded firmware and diagnostics.
• Support bench testing, harnessing and hardware bring-up.
• Document hardware configurations and changes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in embedded firmware, electronics integration or avionics.
• Experience with C/C++, microcontrollers and serial interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C or CAN.
• Ability to read schematics and debug power, signals and communication using bench instruments.
• Disciplined hardware bring-up, configuration tracking and technical documentation.

Preferred experience

PCB design, RTOS development, GNSS, telemetry radios and environmental testing.

Core skills

Embedded Systems, C++.