Embedded Flight Systems Engineer (C/C++, RTOS)

SDFM

Rock Hill (SC)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Powerus is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to develop software for the microcontroller-based electronics in Powerus autonomous aircraft. You will design, implement, and test embedded systems running on ARM Cortex-M MCUs, using C/C++ across flight, propulsion, power, and payload boards.

You will bring up new board revisions, integrate sensors and communication buses (CAN, UART, SPI, I2C), write bootloaders and field firmware updates, and contribute to fault detection, logging, and health

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Professional experience developing embedded software in C or C++.
Experience with ARM Cortex-M or comparable microcontrollers.
Experience with an RTOS (FreeRTOS or Zephyr) or bare-metal development.
Ability to read schematics and use oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
Experience with version control and code review.
U.S. Person status required; ITAR/EAR data access.

Responsibilities

Develop embedded C and C++ software for flight, propulsion, power, and payload boards.
Bring up new board revisions, including drivers for sensors, communication buses, and peripherals.
Implement CAN, UART, SPI, and I2C communication between boards.
Implement bootloaders and field firmware updates.
Develop fault detection, logging, and health reporting.
Write unit tests and support hardware-in-the-loop testing.
Support production test and failure analysis of returned units.