Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Safety-Critical Aerospace

archer56; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 256,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer is an aerospace company in San Jose, California building all-electric VTOL aircraft. This role leads architectural design and verification of safety-critical CCU software, interfacing high-voltage hardware with embedded systems.

You will drive DO-178C compliant software development, mentor engineers, and prepare for FAA certification audits while ensuring fault detection and system reliability in flight-critical environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant engineering field.
• 5+ years in embedded software with safety-critical systems.
• Experience with DO-178C DAL-A/B preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design, embedded development, and verification of safety-critical software for the Charge Control Unit (CCU).
• Direct implementation of charge control systems interfacing embedded software with 800V+ hardware and analog/digital circuitry.
• Serve as Certification Authority, decomposing requirements under DO-178C for DAL-A/B compliance.
• Act as SME during FAA certification audits.
• Architect and oversee fault detection/diagnostic algorithms to mitigate hardware events and ensure aircraft safety.
• Analyze hardware schematics, signal integrity, and power distribution to define software constraints and ICDs.
• Define software development and verification processes to comply with aerospace safety standards (DO-178C/DO-326A).
• Lead and mentor engineers, conducting final reviews for the CCU team.

Skills

C/C++

RTOS

Safety-critical software

System architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering/Electronics

Tools

CAN

SPI

I2C

HIL

DO-178C tooling

Job description

Archer is an aerospace company in San Jose, California building all-electric VTOL aircraft. This role leads architectural design and verification of safety-critical CCU software, interfacing high-voltage hardware with embedded systems.

You will drive DO-178C compliant software development, mentor engineers, and prepare for FAA certification audits while ensuring fault detection and system reliability in flight-critical environments.