Principal Flight Software Engineer (Defense Autonomy)

Heaviside Industries, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical coverage

Vision coverage

Dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Heaviside Industries seeks a senior software engineer to own major weapon-system software subsystems end-to-end—from architecture and implementation to testing on flight hardware and live-fire verification. You will develop safety-critical embedded software in C/C++ on RTOS and embedded Linux, interfacing with IMUs, seekers, actuators, and RF payloads.

You will build SIL/HIL environments, establish CI/CD and code-quality practices, mentor engineers, and support field and flight test events. U.S.

Qualifications

• 10+ years on embedded, real-time, or safety-critical defense/aerospace systems.
• Expert C/C++ on resource-constrained flight platforms; Python tooling.
• Ownership of flight software or autonomy software on military/aerospace hardware.
• Deep RTOS and/or embedded Linux experience with device drivers and core interfaces.
• SIL/HIL test infrastructure experience to qualify flight software.
• Strong software-architecture skills for fault tolerance and determinism.
• Bonus: UAS, munitions, DO-178C-informed development, MIL-STD-882 basics.

Responsibilities

• Own major weapon-system software subsystems end-to-end: architecture, implementation, test, integration on flight hardware, and live-fire test.
• Develop safety-critical embedded software in C/C++ on RTOS and embedded Linux platforms, interfacing with IMUs, seekers, actuators, and RF payloads.
• Build and maintain simulation, software-in-the-loop, and hardware-in-the-loop environments.
• Establish software engineering practices—CI/CD, code review, static analysis, testing standards.
• Mentor engineers across the software team and set the technical bar for design quality.
• Support field and flight test events at military ranges, including rapid diagnosis and resolution.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded software

RTOS

Embedded Linux

Python

Flight software

SIL/HIL

Code review

Tools

CI/CD

Static analysis

Testing frameworks

Job description

Heaviside Industries seeks a senior software engineer to own major weapon-system software subsystems end-to-end—from architecture and implementation to testing on flight hardware and live-fire verification. You will develop safety-critical embedded software in C/C++ on RTOS and embedded Linux, interfacing with IMUs, seekers, actuators, and RF payloads.

You will build SIL/HIL environments, establish CI/CD and code-quality practices, mentor engineers, and support field and flight test events. U.S.