Senior Embedded Platform Engineer – Avionics (Onsite)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan with employer matching

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation eligibility

Job summary

Collins Aerospace is seeking Senior Embedded Platform Software Engineers to join the foundation software team in the United States. You will develop platform control software enabling secure, deterministic operation of advanced SoCs and ASICs.

You’ll work across early‑boot, platform security, hardware bring‑up, system health monitoring, and fault detection. You’ll grow toward leadership, shape platform architecture, and oversee subsystems while collaborating with RTOS vendors and suppliers.

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 with minimum 3 years experience.
• Experience developing embedded software for complex SoCs or custom ASIC architectures.
• Experience in C/C++ and embedded systems design.
• Experience developing, verifying or certifying software in DO-178 B/C at high assurance levels or similar rigor.
• Experience performing board bring‑up, developing hardware abstraction layers, building diagnostics, and implementing low‑level driver software.
• Understanding of ASIC/SoC architectures including register maps, interrupts, reset logic, and hardware control interfaces.
• Experience developing or integrating software within RTOS environments

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded platform software supporting processor control, power‑management flows, and ASIC state coordination.
• Implement and integrate secure boot orchestration components, cryptographic validation routines, and platform trust enforcement.
• Design, implement, and bring up low‑level drivers, HAL layers, diagnostics, and platform initialization software.
• Work extensively in virtual development environments such as simulation, emulation, virtual platforms, and FPGA prototypes before hardware availability.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a positive, collaborative team dynamic

Skills

C/C++

Embedded systems design

Do-178B/C

RTOS development

Board bring‑up

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in STEM

Tools

VxWorks

CI/CD pipelines

FPGA prototyping

Job description

Collins Aerospace is seeking Senior Embedded Platform Software Engineers to join the foundation software team in the United States. You will develop platform control software enabling secure, deterministic operation of advanced SoCs and ASICs.

You’ll work across early‑boot, platform security, hardware bring‑up, system health monitoring, and fault detection. You’ll grow toward leadership, shape platform architecture, and oversee subsystems while collaborating with RTOS vendors and suppliers.