Senior Aerospace Software Systems Engineer for Swarming UAVs

Swarm Aero Inc.; Oxnard (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in a defense tech company

Competitive base salary

Medical, dental, vision and 401k

PTO and sick leave

Wellness stipend

Office lunch

Job summary

Swarm Aero Inc. seeks a Software Systems Engineer to help build the world’s largest swarming UAV network and the Command & Control software that mobilizes thousands of autonomous assets.

In this role you will lead software standards, refine system architecture, derive requirements from subsystem decompositions, coordinate with design teams, and support HIL/SIL testing and airworthiness documentation. US government clearance is required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in systems engineering on aerospace, defense, or UAS platforms with a focus on software.
• Ability to write clear, verifiable, and testable requirements using industry-standard patterns.
• Familiarity with authoring and maintaining requirements using modern digital tools (e.g. Jama, Polarion, JIRA, etc.)
• Experience in software development and verification activities for civil or military aircraft.
• Experience with formal methods for verification and validation (e.g. DO-333).
• Experience with software development standards for civil aviation (e.g. DO-178, DO-254).
• Experience with software aspects of military safety standards and handbooks (e.g. MIL-STD-882, JSSSEH).
• Ability to obtain US Government clearance required

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of software standards, process, and development approaches
• Maintain and refine the software system architecture
• Derive software requirements from the functional decomposition of aircraft subsystems
• Define clean interfaces for software interoperability
• Work closely with design engineers in propulsion, avionics, and flight control
• Produce and manage verification artifacts for requirements traceability
• Participate in design reviews to drive architecture decisions that balance performance, risk, schedule, and complexity constraints
• Support hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) integration testing including investigation and resolution of anomalies
• Coordinate with ground and flight test teams to define software verification plans
• Identify, track, and mitigate technical risk across the program lifecycle, escalating issues with data-driven recommendations
• Contribute to airworthiness and flight authorization documentation

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements writing

Software development

Verification & validation

Tools

Jama

Polarion

JIRA

Job description

Swarm Aero Inc. seeks a Software Systems Engineer to help build the world’s largest swarming UAV network and the Command & Control software that mobilizes thousands of autonomous assets.

In this role you will lead software standards, refine system architecture, derive requirements from subsystem decompositions, coordinate with design teams, and support HIL/SIL testing and airworthiness documentation. US government clearance is required.