Real-Time Embedded Flight Software Engineer

Powerus; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Powerus is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to develop flight and systems software for unmanned platforms. You will work on real-time embedded code across flight control, sensor integration, and vehicle systems, taking features from bench through hardware-in-the-loop to flight test.

You will collaborate with hardware, GNC, and test engineering in short, direct loops to shape the architecture of a forming stack, and you will help ensure safety through unit tests and clear documentation.

Qualifications

• Must be located in the United States, within commuting distance of Charlotte, NC.
• Experience developing embedded software in C or C++ on resource-constrained targets.
• Familiarity with real-time operating systems, interrupts, and hardware interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, and CAN.
• Experience debugging at the hardware level with logic analysers, oscilloscopes, or JTAG.
• Comfort reading schematics and datasheets.
• Experience with version control and code review in a team setting.
• U.S. Person status required due to ITAR- and EAR-controlled data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain real-time embedded software for flight control and vehicle systems.
• Integrate sensors, actuators, and communications peripherals at the driver and middleware level.
• Build and use hardware-in-the-loop and bench test environments to validate behaviour before flight.
• Support flight test, including on-site debugging and post-flight log analysis.
• Contribute to architecture decisions on the flight software stack.
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests for safety-relevant code paths.
• Work with hardware engineering on board bring-up and interface definition.
• Document interfaces, failure modes, and system behaviour for downstream teams.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

RTOS

Sensor interfaces SPI/I2C/UART/CAN

Hardware debugging

Version control

Tools

PX4

ArduPilot

ROS

Hardware-in-the-loop

Job description

Powerus is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to develop flight and systems software for unmanned platforms. You will work on real-time embedded code across flight control, sensor integration, and vehicle systems, taking features from bench through hardware-in-the-loop to flight test.

You will collaborate with hardware, GNC, and test engineering in short, direct loops to shape the architecture of a forming stack, and you will help ensure safety through unit tests and clear documentation.