Senior Embedded Flight Systems Engineer

TRIDENT SYSTEMS LLC; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Life Insurance/AD&D

Short term disability

Long term disability

Ancillary benefits (voluntary life, AD

Job summary

TRIDENT SYSTEMS LLC in Fairfax, VA, is seeking a Principal Software Systems Engineer (Embedded Flight Systems) to define, develop, integrate and verify software-intensive aerospace systems for flight and flight-like environments, translating mission requirements into embedded software architectures and plans.

The ideal candidate has real-time embedded software, hardware/software integration and leadership in agile development, with strong traceability, risk management and mission assurance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 9 years of experience in software systems engineering, embedded software, avionics, flight systems, or related aerospace/defense development.
• Experience with real-time embedded software, requirements development, decomposition, traceability, and verification.
• Experience with hardware/software integration and debug.
• Familiarity with the systems engineering lifecycle, formal technical reviews, and agile development environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Decompose system requirements into software functional, performance, interface, and verification requirements.
• Maintain traceability across stakeholder needs, requirements, architecture, implementation, and test artifacts.
• Define software interfaces for avionics, sensors, payloads, actuators, buses, and ground systems.
• Support architecture development with attention to timing, fault handling, determinism, and operational constraints.
• Participate in major technical reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR, and TRR.
• Develop verification strategies, test methods, and acceptance criteria aligned with system requirements.
• Assess technical risk, identify gaps early, and support mitigation planning.
• Collaborate with software, firmware, electronics, and test teams to deliver integrated flight solutions.
• Troubleshoot issues across software, firmware, interfaces, and electronics.

Skills

Real-time embedded software

Hardware/software integration

Agile leadership

Systems engineering lifecycle

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

TRIDENT SYSTEMS LLC in Fairfax, VA, is seeking a Principal Software Systems Engineer (Embedded Flight Systems) to define, develop, integrate and verify software-intensive aerospace systems for flight and flight-like environments, translating mission requirements into embedded software architectures and plans.

The ideal candidate has real-time embedded software, hardware/software integration and leadership in agile development, with strong traceability, risk management and mission assurance