Senior Avionics Software Engineer – AI Flight Systems

Collins Aerospace; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

Generous 401(k) with matching and life

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to shape the future of integrated flight management systems. You will develop embedded flight software for safety-critical avionics, collaborating with systems engineers, hardware teams, and AI/ML specialists to deliver high-assurance solutions.

Join a team leveraging AI-driven development to enhance precision, safety, and intelligence behind tomorrow’s flight decks.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
• At least 3 years of experience in the avionics industry.
• At least 3 years of DO-178B/C software development experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize embedded flight-software for safety-critical systems used in commercial aircraft and military platforms.
• Write high-performance, deterministic embedded software and conduct debugging and validation using simulation tools.
• Collaborate closely with systems engineers, hardware teams, AI/ML specialists, and flight-test personnel to deliver integrated avionics solutions that meet stringent aviation safety, performance, and certification requirements.
• Implement and support AI-assisted onboard features such as intelligent sensor fusion, anomaly detection, and autonomous control logic.
• Conduct debugging and validation using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, hardware debuggers, simulation and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) environments.
• Ensure compliance with aviation safety standards such as DO-178, and adherence to secure coding and cyber-resilience practices.
• Participate in flight-test operations, lab testing, and simulation runs to evaluate system performance under real-world and mission-critical conditions.

Skills

C

Python

C++

Git

DevOps

Team collaboration

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Git

Job description

Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to shape the future of integrated flight management systems. You will develop embedded flight software for safety-critical avionics, collaborating with systems engineers, hardware teams, and AI/ML specialists to deliver high-assurance solutions.

Join a team leveraging AI-driven development to enhance precision, safety, and intelligence behind tomorrow’s flight decks.