Flight Automation & Systems Integration Engineer

Apera; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Apera, a leading advanced aviation company, seeks a Software Integration Engineer to develop, integrate, and test flight automation systems. You will work with test aircraft, taking software from development through integration and flight using real-world flight data to understand performance and drive improvements.

Responsibilities include owning bring-up of GNC software, developing flight test cards, building test frameworks, and creating Python tools for analysis.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience with hardware-software integration.
• Experience with real-time or safety-critical software.
• Ability to work near hardware and debug complex integrated systems.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Bring-up, integration, and checkout of GNC and flight automation on test aircraft.
• Develop and execute flight test cards to characterize GNC performance.
• Investigate and resolve flight test issues with multiple engineering teams.
• Support flight readiness reviews and configuration management.
• Build and improve software and systems test frameworks and processes.
• Develop automated testing and simulation tools for validation.
• Contribute to C++ flight controls and mission management code as needed.
• Develop Python tools for pre-flight predictions and post-flight analysis.
• Compare simulation predictions with flight data to improve models.
• Develop and optimize embedded software across hardware boundaries.
• 2+ years of experience and a bachelor’s degree.
• Experience near hardware and debugging complex integrated systems.
• Experience with real-time or safety-critical software.
• Strong fundamentals: networking, fault tolerance, and design.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and adapt.
• Strong problem-solving and independent work in a fast-paced environment.
• Hands-on mindset to work close to hardware and aircraft.

Skills

C++

Python

Real-time software

Embedded systems

Networking fundamentals

Fault tolerance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Bazel

Messaging frameworks

Job description

Apera, a leading advanced aviation company, seeks a Software Integration Engineer to develop, integrate, and test flight automation systems. You will work with test aircraft, taking software from development through integration and flight using real-world flight data to understand performance and drive improvements.

Responsibilities include owning bring-up of GNC software, developing flight test cards, building test frameworks, and creating Python tools for analysis.