Senior Avionics Software Engineer

Real Axis Engineering LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Real Axis Engineering LLC in Seattle, WA is seeking a senior avionics software engineer to lead embedded software across radars, satellite buses, and payload controllers.

You will guide projects through the full design lifecycle, work with customers to define scope, and provide technical consulting on proposals, with about 20% travel to sites.

The role demands hands-on development on bare metal, Linux, or RTOS, and experience with Zynq Ultrascale, Microblaze, STM32, and HDL.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of embedded software development experience on bare metal, Linux, or RTOS.
• Ability to independently manage and execute avionics software projects across hardware/software platforms.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and define scope with customers.
• Willingness to travel ~20% to customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Develop software for avionics systems including radars, buses, and payloads.
• Lead embedded software projects across full design lifecycle.
• Provide technical consulting to customers and support key decisions.
• Manage project schedules, scope, and priorities with customers.

Skills

Embedded software development

Technical leadership

Customer management

Project coordination

Tools

AMD Zynq Ultrascale

Microblaze

STM32

LwIP

SPI

I2C

UART

HDL

Yocto build systems

Job description

RAE is seeking a senior avionics software engineer to lead and execute embedded avionics software development for avionics systems such as radars, high-speed camera controllers, satellite buses, and satellite payload controllers. This role combines aspects of technical leadership, execution, and customer management. The senior engineer will lead embedded software and HDL projects throughout the full design lifecycle and manage customer relationships. The ideal candidate must be capable of independently managing and executing embedded avionics software projects across a wide range of hardware and software platforms.

In this position, you will:

• Develop software for avionics systems such as radars, satellite buses, and payloads
• Support customers through all mission phases from initial concepts to final integration
• Provide technical consulting for customers and help them make key decisions
• Manage project schedules, scope, expectations, and priorities with customers
• 20% travel to customer sites
• Participate in sales calls with the Owner
• Provide technical feedback on proposals created by the Owner
• Experience as a technical lead or similar on an embedded avionics software project
• 7+ years of experience developing embedded software for bare metal, Linux, or RTOS
• Experience developing for AMD Zynq Ultrascale, Microblaze, or STM32 processors
• Experience with low-level peripherals (SPI, I2C, UART, etc)
• Experience with embedded Ethernet stacks such as LwIP
• Ability to read and understand electrical schematics
• Ability to work with internal or external customers and help them define scope
• Ability to break down embedded firmware concepts to non-experts

Preferred qualifications:

• 1-2 years of experience developing HDL for AMD, Alterra, Lattice, or similar FPGAs
• Experience working directly with customers including project scoping and management
• Experience with one or more avionics software frameworks (FPrime, cFS, MAX)
• Experience with configuring and deploying Yocto build systems
• Experience deploying signal processing algorithms in image processing or radar